AMD Radeon RX 470 vs AMD Radeon R9 290

What is the difference between AMD Radeon RX 470 and AMD Radeon R9 290. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Radeon RX 470

Radeon R9 290

Graphics Processor (GPU)

Ellesmere	GPU Name	Hawaii
Polaris 10 PRO (215-0876204)	Model number	Hawaii PRO (215-0852020)
GCN 4.0	Architecture	GCN 2.0
GlobalFoundries	Foundry	TSMC
14 nm	Process Size	28 nm
5,700 million	Transistors	6,200 million
232 mm²	Die Size	438 mm²

Graphics Card

Aug 4th, 2016	Release Date	Nov 5th, 2013
Arctic Islands (RX 400)	Family	Volcanic Islands (R9 200)
Active	Production	End-of-life
179 USD	Launch Price	399 USD
Pirate Islands	Predecessor	Sea Islands
PCIe 3.0 x16	Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

4 GB	Memory Size	4 GB
GDDR5	Memory Type	GDDR5
256 bit	Memory Bus	512 bit
211.2 GB/s	Bandwidth	320.0 GB/s

Performance

38.59 GPixel/s	Pixel fillrate	60.61 GPixel/s
154.4 GTexel/s	Texture fillrate	151.5 GTexel/s
4.940 TFLOPS	FP32 (float) performance	4.849 TFLOPS
308.7 GFLOPS (1:16)	FP64 (double) performance	606.1 GFLOPS (1:8)

Clock Speeds

1650 MHz
6.6 Gbps effective

Memory Clock

1250 MHz
5 Gbps effective

Render Config

2048	Shading Units	2560
128	TMUs	160
32	ROPs	64
32	Compute Units	40
16 KB (per CU)	L1 Cache	16 KB (per CU)
2 MB	L2 Cache	1024 KB

Board Design

Dual-slot	Slot Width	Dual-slot
240 mm 9.4 inches	Length	275 mm 10.8 inches
95 mm 3.7 inches	Width	109 mm 4.3 inches
35 mm 1.4 inches	Height	36 mm 1.4 inches
120 W	Thermal design power (TDP)	275 W
300 W	Suggested PSU	600 W
1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort	Display Connectors	2x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1x 6-pin	Power Connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
C940, D000-03, D009-07	Board Number	C671-57

API support

12 (12_0)	DirectX	12 (12_0)
4.6	OpenGL	4.6
2.1	OpenCL	2.0
1.2	Vulkan	1.2
6.4	Shader Model	6.3