AMD Radeon R9 290X vs AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme GPU
GPU Specs Compare
Graphics Card
Release Date
Oct 2013
Jul 2025
Generation
Volcanic Islands
Console GPU
Type
Desktop
Game console
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Clock Speeds
Memory Clock
1250 MHz
1000 MHz
Base Clock
-
800 MHz
Boost Clock
-
2700 MHz
Memory
Memory Size
4GB
16GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
LPDDR5X
Memory Bus
512bit
128bit
Bandwidth
320.0GB/s
128.0GB/s
Render Config
Compute Units
44
16
Shading Units
2816
1024
TMUs
176
64
ROPs
64
48
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
128 KB per Array
L2 Cache
1024 KB
8 MB
RT Cores
-
16
L3 Cache
-
16 MB
Theoretical Performance
Pixel Rate
64.00 GPixel/s
129.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
176.0 GTexel/s
172.8 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
5.632 TFLOPS
5.530 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
704.0 GFLOPS
345.6 GFLOPS
FP16 (half)
-
11.06 TFLOPS
Graphics Processor
GPU Name
Hawaii
Strix Point
GPU Variant
Hawaii XT(215-0852000)
100-000001684
Architecture
GCN 2.0
RDNA 3.5
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
4 nm
Transistors
6.2 billion
34 billion
Die Size
438 mm²
233 mm²
Board Design
TDP
290W
28W
Suggested PSU
600 W
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Outputs
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
1x USB Type-C
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
None
Graphics Features
DirectX
12 (12_0)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
2.1
Vulkan
1.2.170
1.4
Shader Model
6.5
6.8