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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

ATI Radeon HD 5830

24%
24%

AMD Radeon R9 290X

408%
408%
AMD Radeon R9 290X is approximately 384% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationATI Radeon HD 5830AMD Radeon R9 290X
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Cypress
Hawaii
CoresDifferent
1120
2816
TMUsDifferent
56
176
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 290X
GPU NameDifferent
Cypress
Hawaii
GPU VariantDifferent
Cypress LE(215-0735047)
Hawaii XT(215-0852000)
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 290X
Release DateDifferent
Feb 25th, 2010
Oct 24th, 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
147 in our database
Launch PriceDifferent
N/A
549 USD

Clock Speeds

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

Memory

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830AMD Radeon R9 290X
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 290X
Shading UnitsDifferent
1120
2816
TMUsDifferent
56
176
ROPsDifferent
16
64
Compute UnitsDifferent
14
44
L1 CacheDifferent
8 KB (per CU)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
512 KB
1024 KB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830AMD Radeon R9 290X
Pixel RateDifferent
12.80 GPixel/s
64.00 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
44.80 GTexel/s
176.0 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
1.792 TFLOPS
5.632 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
358.4 GFLOPS (1:5)
704.0 GFLOPS (1:8)

Board Design

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830AMD Radeon R9 290X
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
290 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, 109-C67157-00C_03

Graphics Features

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5830AMD Radeon R9 290X
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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