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Radeon R9 290 vs Radeon RX 470

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Performance score

Radeon R9 290 · 4 GB GDDR5
8.42
Radeon RX 470 · 4 GB GDDR5, 120 W
8.90 +6%
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By our estimate, Radeon RX 470 beats Radeon R9 290 by 6%.

The score is our own estimate from the specs (core count, clock, architecture), not FPS from benchmarks. 100 = the fastest card in our database.

Overview

Radeon R9 290Radeon RX 470
Score (0–100) 8.42 8.9
Ranking position 175 166
Power efficiency (0–100) no data 35.55
Manufacturer AMD AMD
Type Desktop Desktop
Architecture GCN Polaris

Specifications

Radeon R9 290Radeon RX 470
Shader cores 2560 2048
Base clock no data 926 MHz
Boost clock 947 MHz 1206 MHz
FP32 TFLOPS (calculated) 4.85 4.94
Hardware ray tracing no no

Video memory

Radeon R9 290Radeon RX 470
VRAM 4 GB 4 GB
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory bus 512 bit 256 bit
Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s 211 GB/s

Power and connection

Radeon R9 290Radeon RX 470
Board power no data 120 W

Pros and cons

Radeon R9 290

  • higher memory bandwidth: 320 vs 211 GB/s

Radeon RX 470

  • 6% higher overall score

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