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AMD logo Radeon R9 290
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General information Radeon R9 290 Radeon HD 8490
Launched Q4 2013 Q1 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 4096 MB 0 % 1024 MB 75 %
Core Clock 947 MHz 0 % 875 MHz 7.6 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 275 W 0 % 35 W 87.3 %
Performance Radeon R9 290 Radeon HD 8490
Overall Score 46111 0 % 8243 82.1 %
Future Proof 30 % 3.2 % 31 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 21263 0 % 679 96.8 %
2D Benchmark Score 693.6 0 % 171.8 75.2 %
Average DirectX performance 65.1 FPS 0 % 3.5 FPS 94.6 %
DirectX 9 performance 125.9 FPS 0 % 11.1 FPS 91.2 %
DirectX 10 performance 44 FPS 0 % 1 FPS 97.7 %
DirectX 11 performance 54.3 FPS 0 % 2 FPS 96.3 %
DirectX 12 performance 36.3 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 3055.7 operations/s 0 % 179.7 operations/s 94.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 290, Radeon HD 8490.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 290 Radeon HD 8490
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 104.4 FPS 10.3 FPS
High settings 187.9 FPS 18.6 FPS
Medium settings 225.4 FPS 22.4 FPS
Low settings 315.6 FPS 31.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 90.1 %

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 290, Radeon HD 8490.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 290 Radeon HD 8490
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 77.2 FPS 11.9 FPS
High settings 139.0 FPS 21.4 FPS
Medium settings 166.8 FPS 25.7 FPS
Low settings 233.6 FPS 36.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 84.6 %
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