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Radeon R9 290X / 390X

Price and performance details for the Radeon R9 290X / 390X 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 290X / 390X

Bus Interface: PCIe 3.0 x16

Max Memory Size: 4096 MB

Core Clock(s): 1000 MHz

Memory Clock(s): 5000 MHz

DirectX: 12

OpenGL: 4.4

Max TDP: 290 W

Videocard Category: Desktop

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

Videocard First Benchmarked: 2013-10-25

G3DMark/Price: 26.19

Overall Rank:  340

Last Price Change:  $319.99 USD (2022-03-30)

Average G3D Mark
8380

Average G2D Mark: 696
Samples: 4606

Videocard Test Suite Average Results for Radeon R9 290X / 390X

DirectX 9126 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1045 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1155 Frames/Sec
DirectX 1236 Frames/Sec
GPU Compute3132 Ops/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest as of 19th of November 2025.

G3D Mark Distribution for Radeon R9 290X / 390X

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 19th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3080
 25,069
GeForce RTX 3070
 22,171
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 20,312
GeForce RTX 4060
 19,548
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 16,779
GeForce RTX 2060
 14,113
Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 		8,380
GeForce GTX 1650
 7,869
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 6,348
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 1,041
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Videocard Value (G3D Mark / $Price )
As of 19th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 4060
 65.16
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 59.93
GeForce RTX 2060
 57.71
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 36.72
GeForce GTX 1650
 28.78
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 26.69
Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 		26.19
GeForce RTX 3080
 21.02
GeForce RTX 3070
 11.94
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 NA
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Last 5 Baselines for Radeon R9 290X / 390X
Most recent listed first
Videocard Average G3D Mark
BL1288959 - Aug 30 2020
9140
BL1285869 - Aug 24 2020
8778
BL1284940 - Aug 22 2020
8332
BL1284678 - Aug 21 2020
10507
BL1280595 - Aug 12 2020
7828
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Popular comparisons for Radeon R9 290X / 390X
As of 19th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 		8,380
GeForce RTX 5090 D vs Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 42,247 (+404.1%)
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition vs Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 42,223 (+403.9%)
GeForce RTX 5090 vs Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 38,908 (+364.3%)
GeForce RTX 4090 vs Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 38,123 (+354.9%)
GeForce RTX 5080 vs Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 35,965 (+329.2%)
RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell vs Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 35,929 (+328.7%)
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition vs Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 35,687 (+325.9%)
GeForce RTX 4080 vs Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 34,459 (+311.2%)
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 34,212 (+308.3%)
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti vs Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 32,617 (+289.2%)
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER vs Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 31,822 (+279.7%)
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