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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB

AMD Radeon R9 290

AMD Radeon R9 290

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB

382%
382%

AMD Radeon R9 290

31%
31%
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB is approximately 351% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 44
Hawaii
CoresDifferent
2048
2560
TMUsDifferent
128
160
ROPs
64
64
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
4 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
128 bit
512 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 44
Hawaii
CodenameDifferent
Strix Point
N/A
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 44 XT(215-176400102)
Hawaii PRO(215-0852020)
ArchitectureDifferent
RDNA 4.0
GCN 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process TypeDifferent
N4P FinFET
N/A
Process SizeDifferent
4 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
29,700 million
6,200 million
DensityDifferent
149.2M / mm²
14.2M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
199 mm²
438 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
Monolithic
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290
Release DateDifferent
Jun 4th, 2025
Nov 5th, 2013
AnnouncedDifferent
May 21st, 2025
N/A
GenerationDifferent
Navi IV(RX 9000)
Volcanic Islands(R9 200)
PredecessorDifferent
Navi III
Sea Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
299 USD
399 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 5.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
30 in our database
69 in our database
SuccessorDifferent
N/A
Pirate Islands

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290
Base ClockDifferent
1700 MHz
N/A
Game ClockDifferent
2530 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
3130 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
2518 MHz20.1 Gbps effective
1250 MHz5 Gbps effective
GPU ClockDifferent
N/A
947 MHz

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
4 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
128 bit
512 bit
BandwidthDifferent
322.3 GB/s
320.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290
Shading UnitsDifferent
2048
2560
TMUsDifferent
128
160
ROPs
64
64
Compute UnitsDifferent
32
40
Matrix CoresDifferent
64
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
32
N/A
L0 CacheDifferent
32 KB per WGP
N/A
L2 CacheDifferent
4 MB
1024 KB
L3 CacheDifferent
32 MB
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
N/A
16 KB (per CU)

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290
Pixel RateDifferent
200.3 GPixel/s
60.61 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
400.6 GTexel/s
151.5 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
51.28 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
25.64 TFLOPS
4.849 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
801.3 GFLOPS (1:32)
606.1 GFLOPS (1:8)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
TDPDifferent
150 W
275 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
450 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.1b2x DisplayPort 2.1a
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 8-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
LengthDifferent
N/A
275 mm10.8 inches
HeightDifferent
N/A
109 mm4.3 inches
WidthDifferent
N/A
36 mm1.4 inches
Board NumberDifferent
N/A
109-C67157-00_02

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (12_0)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
2.2
2.1
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.170
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5

Comparison Summary

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