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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

AMD Radeon R9 290X

AMD Radeon R9 290X

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

404%
404%

AMD Radeon R9 290X

25%
25%
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT is approximately 379% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon R9 290X
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 21
Hawaii
CoresDifferent
5120
2816
TMUsDifferent
320
176
ROPsDifferent
128
64
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
4 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
256 bit
512 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon R9 290X
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 21
Hawaii
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 21 XTX(215-121000167)
Hawaii XT(215-0852000)
ArchitectureDifferent
RDNA 2.0
GCN 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
7 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
26,800 million
6,200 million
DensityDifferent
51.5M / mm²
14.2M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
520 mm²
438 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-2425
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon R9 290X
Release DateDifferent
Oct 28th, 2020
Oct 24th, 2013
AvailabilityDifferent
Dec 8th, 2020
N/A
GenerationDifferent
Navi II(RX 6000)
Volcanic Islands(R9 200)
PredecessorDifferent
Navi
Sea Islands
SuccessorDifferent
Navi III
Pirate Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
999 USD
549 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
33 in our database
147 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon R9 290X
Base ClockDifferent
1825 MHz
N/A
Game ClockDifferent
2015 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
2250 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
2000 MHz16 Gbps effective
1250 MHz5 Gbps effective
GPU ClockDifferent
N/A
1000 MHz

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon R9 290X
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
4 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
256 bit
512 bit
BandwidthDifferent
512.0 GB/s
320.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon R9 290X
Shading UnitsDifferent
5120
2816
TMUsDifferent
320
176
ROPsDifferent
128
64
Compute UnitsDifferent
80
44
RT CoresDifferent
80
N/A
L0 CacheDifferent
32 KB per WGP
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
128 KB per Array
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
4 MB
1024 KB
L3 CacheDifferent
128 MB
N/A

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon R9 290X
Pixel RateDifferent
288.0 GPixel/s
64.00 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
720.0 GTexel/s
176.0 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
46.08 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
23.04 TFLOPS
5.632 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
1,440.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
704.0 GFLOPS (1:8)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon R9 290X
Slot WidthDifferent
Triple-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
267 mm10.5 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
HeightDifferent
120 mm4.7 inches
109 mm4.3 inches
WidthDifferent
50 mm2 inches
36 mm1.4 inches
TDPDifferent
300 W
290 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
700 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.12x DisplayPort 1.4a1x USB Type-C
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
2x 8-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Part NumberDifferent
102-D412
N/A
Board NumberDifferent
109-D412A7-00_03
109-C67157-00_02, 109-C67157-00C_03

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD Radeon R9 290X
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (12_0)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
2.1
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.170
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5

Comparison Summary

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GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Performance109%

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GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Performance106%

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Radeon R9 FURY Performance118%

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GeForce GTX 980 Performance116%

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GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER Performance115%

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Radeon RX 6500 XT Performance114%

Radeon RX 6500 XT is 14% faster than AMD Radeon R9 290X

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AMD Radeon R9 290X vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Radeon RX 5500 XT Performance113%

Radeon RX 5500 XT is 13% faster than AMD Radeon R9 290X

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AMD Radeon R9 290X vs Radeon RX 580

Radeon RX 580 Performance112%

Radeon RX 580 is 12% faster than AMD Radeon R9 290X

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