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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

ATI Radeon HD 5830

27%
27%

AMD Radeon R9 290

408%
408%
AMD Radeon R9 290 is approximately 381% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationATI Radeon HD 5830AMD Radeon R9 290
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Cypress
Hawaii
CoresDifferent
1120
2560
TMUsDifferent
56
160
ROPsDifferent
16
64
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
256 bit
512 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830AMD Radeon R9 290
GPU NameDifferent
Cypress
Hawaii
GPU VariantDifferent
Cypress LE(215-0735047)
Hawaii PRO(215-0852020)
ArchitectureDifferent
TeraScale 2
GCN 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
40 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
2,154 million
6,200 million
DensityDifferent
6.4M / mm²
14.2M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
334 mm²
438 mm²

Graphics Card

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830AMD Radeon R9 290
Release DateDifferent
Feb 25th, 2010
Nov 5th, 2013
GenerationDifferent
Evergreen(HD 5800)
Volcanic Islands(R9 200)
PredecessorDifferent
Radeon R700
Sea Islands
SuccessorDifferent
Northern Islands
Pirate Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
59 in our database
69 in our database
Launch PriceDifferent
N/A
399 USD

Clock Speeds

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830AMD Radeon R9 290
GPU ClockDifferent
800 MHz
947 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
1000 MHz4 Gbps effective
1250 MHz5 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830AMD Radeon R9 290
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
256 bit
512 bit
BandwidthDifferent
128.0 GB/s
320.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830AMD Radeon R9 290
Shading UnitsDifferent
1120
2560
TMUsDifferent
56
160
ROPsDifferent
16
64
Compute UnitsDifferent
14
40
L1 CacheDifferent
8 KB (per CU)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
512 KB
1024 KB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830AMD Radeon R9 290
Pixel RateDifferent
12.80 GPixel/s
60.61 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
44.80 GTexel/s
151.5 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
1.792 TFLOPS
4.849 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
358.4 GFLOPS (1:5)
606.1 GFLOPS (1:8)

Board Design

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830AMD Radeon R9 290
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
280 mm11 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
HeightDifferent
111 mm4.4 inches
109 mm4.3 inches
WidthDifferent
37 mm1.5 inches
36 mm1.4 inches
TDPDifferent
175 W
275 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
450 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.3a1x DisplayPort 1.1
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
2x 6-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
109-C00137-20
109-C67157-00_02

Graphics Features

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830AMD Radeon R9 290
DirectXDifferent
11.2 (11_0)
12 (12_0)
OpenGLDifferent
4.4
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
1.2
2.1
VulkanDifferent
N/A
1.2.170
Shader ModelDifferent
5.0
6.5

Comparison Summary

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