Radeon R9 290 and Radeon RX 590 GME - video card comparison
Radeon R9 290
Radeon RX 590 GME
Architecture
GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name
Hawaii
Polaris 20
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2013
March 2020
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
1x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
-
1420 MHz
Core clock speed
947 MHz
-
Floating-point performance
4,849 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
14 nm
Number of transistors
6,200 million
5,700 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
2304
Power consumption (TDP)
275 Watt
175 Watt
Texture fill rate
151.5
204.5
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
512 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
320.0 GB/s
256.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (12_0)
12 (12_0)
OpenCL
2.0
2.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.3
6.7
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.3