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Radeon R9 290 / 390

Price and performance details for the Radeon R9 290 / 390 can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the videocard compared to the 10 other common videocards in terms of PassMark G3D Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the G3DMark per dollar.

Radeon R9 290 / 390

Bus Interface: PCIe 3.0 x16

Max Memory Size: 4096 MB

Core Clock(s): 947 MHz

Memory Clock(s): 5000 MHz

DirectX: 12

OpenGL: 4.4

Max TDP: 275 W

Videocard Category: Desktop

Other names: AMD Radeon R9 290 Series, ASUS R9 290 Series, AMD Radeon R9 200 Series, AMD Radeon R9 290, AMD Radeon R9 290 / 390, ASUS R9 390 Series, AMD Radeon (TM) R9 390 Series

Videocard First Benchmarked: 2013-11-09

G3DMark/Price: 21.45

Overall Rank:  357

Last Price Change:  $380 USD (2022-03-30)

Average G3D Mark
8150

Average G2D Mark: 695
Samples: 8447

Videocard Test Suite Average Results for Radeon R9 290 / 390

DirectX 9127 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1044 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1154 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1236 Frames/Sec
GPU Compute3068 Ops/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest as of 12th of January 2026.

G3D Mark Distribution for Radeon R9 290 / 390

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 24th of July 2024
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th of July 2024.

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Pricing History

G3D Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop Videocards
As of 12th of January 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3080
 25,047
GeForce RTX 3070
 22,150
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 20,298
GeForce RTX 4060
 19,539
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 16,766
GeForce RTX 2060
 14,114
Radeon R9 290 / 390
 		8,150
GeForce GTX 1650
 7,867
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 6,353
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 1,041
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Videocard Value (G3D Mark / $Price )
As of 12th of January 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 48.60
GeForce RTX 2060
 45.42
GeForce RTX 4060
 41.35
GeForce RTX 3070
 34.08
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 29.66
GeForce GTX 1650
 28.77
Radeon R9 290 / 390
 		21.45
GeForce RTX 3080
 21.00
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 16.03
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 NA
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Last 5 Baselines for Radeon R9 290 / 390
Most recent listed first
Videocard Average G3D Mark
BL1288212 - Aug 29 2020
5964
BL1287831 - Aug 28 2020
7756
BL1284494 - Aug 21 2020
8241
BL1284329 - Aug 21 2020
8644
BL1283378 - Aug 19 2020
8924
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Popular comparisons for Radeon R9 290 / 390
As of 12th of January 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
Radeon R9 290 / 390
 		8,150
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition vs Radeon R9 290 / 390
 42,223 (+418.0%)
GeForce RTX 5090 D vs Radeon R9 290 / 390
 40,902 (+401.8%)
RTX PRO 5000 72GB Blackwell vs Radeon R9 290 / 390
 40,493 (+396.8%)
GeForce RTX 5090 vs Radeon R9 290 / 390
 38,838 (+376.5%)
GeForce RTX 4090 vs Radeon R9 290 / 390
 38,109 (+367.6%)
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition vs Radeon R9 290 / 390
 36,434 (+347.0%)
GeForce RTX 5080 vs Radeon R9 290 / 390
 35,784 (+339.0%)
GeForce RTX 4080 vs Radeon R9 290 / 390
 34,450 (+322.7%)
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Radeon R9 290 / 390
 34,223 (+319.9%)
L40-48Q vs Radeon R9 290 / 390
 33,270 (+308.2%)
RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell vs Radeon R9 290 / 390
 32,662 (+300.7%)
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