AMD Radeon R9 290X2: GPU Specs & Benchmarks

The Radeon R9 290X2 is a graphics card by AMD, built on the 28 nm process and based on the Hawaii graphics processor (GPU). The video card specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.

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Graphics Processor (GPU)

GPU Name
Hawaii
Model number
Hawaii XT
(215-0852000)
Architecture
GCN 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
Transistors
6,200 million
Die Size
438 mm²

Graphics Card

Release Date
Jun 24th, 2014
Family
Volcanic Islands
(R9 200)
Production
End-of-life
Launch Price
1,399 USD
Predecessor
Sea Islands
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

Memory Size
4 GB x2
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bus
512 bit x2

Clock Speeds

Memory Clock
1350 MHz
5.4 Gbps effective
GPU Clock
1000 MHz

Render Config

TMUs
176 x2
ROPs
64 x2

Board Design

Thermal design power (TDP)
580 W
Suggested PSU
950 W
Display Connectors
2x DVI
1x HDMI
1x DisplayPort
Power Connectors
4x 8-pin

API support

DirectX
12 (12_0)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.3
Radeon R9 290X2
AMD Radeon R9 290X2: GPU Specs & Benchmarks