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AMD logo Radeon R9 290X
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AMD logo Radeon HD 4890

AMD Radeon R9 290X logo AMD Radeon HD 4890 logo
General information Radeon R9 290X Radeon HD 4890
Launched Q4 2013 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 4096 MB 0 % 2048 MB 50 %
Core Clock 1000 MHz 0 % 850 MHz 15 %
Effective Clock 6000 MHz 0 % 975 MHz 83.8 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 10.1
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 3.3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 290 W 0 % 190 W 34.5 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 1 66.7 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
SLI 4-way 0 % 2-way 50 %
Performance Radeon R9 290X Radeon HD 4890
Overall Score 46905 0 % 19738 57.9 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 21 % 30 %
Benchmark Score 22001 0 % 3896 82.3 %
2D Benchmark Score 704.6 0 % 74.6 89.4 %
Average DirectX performance 65.7 FPS 0 % 11.5 FPS 82.5 %
DirectX 9 performance 127.6 FPS 0 % 38.9 FPS 69.5 %
DirectX 10 performance 44.6 FPS 0 % 7 FPS 84.2 %
DirectX 11 performance 54.7 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
DirectX 12 performance 36 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 3124.5 operations/s 0 % 0 operations/s 100 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 290X, Radeon HD 4890.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 290X Radeon HD 4890
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.2 FPS 34.2 FPS
High settings 189.3 FPS 61.6 FPS
Medium settings 227.1 FPS 73.9 FPS
Low settings 318.0 FPS 103.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 67.5 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon R9 290X, Radeon HD 4890.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 290X Radeon HD 4890
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 78.2 FPS 31.7 FPS
High settings 140.7 FPS 57.0 FPS
Medium settings 168.9 FPS 68.4 FPS
Low settings 236.4 FPS 95.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 59.5 %
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