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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: 64.47

Overall Rank:  359

Last Price Change:  $129.99 USD (2026-09-05)

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 14th of October 2026.

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.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$129.99 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNAVideocard Not Available. See Other Models
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G3D Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop Videocards
As of 14th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 3080
 24,974
GeForce RTX 3070
 22,065
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 20,212
GeForce RTX 4060
 19,482
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 16,700
GeForce RTX 2060
 14,073
Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 		8,380
GeForce GTX 1650
 7,868
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 6,367
Intel UHD Graphics 620
 1,038
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Videocard Value (G3D Mark / $Price )
As of 14th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Videocard Average G3D Mark
Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 		64.47
GeForce RTX 2060
 50.99
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
 50.53
GeForce RTX 3070
 48.28
GeForce RTX 3080
 38.70
GeForce RTX 4060
 37.47
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
 36.31
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
 31.77
GeForce GTX 1650
 31.47
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 14th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Videocard Average G3D Mark
Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 		8,380
GeForce RTX 5090 D vs Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 42,260 (+404.3%)
GeForce RTX 5090 vs Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 38,992 (+365.3%)
GeForce RTX 4090 vs Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 38,032 (+353.8%)
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition vs Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 37,605 (+348.7%)
GeForce RTX 5080 vs Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 35,635 (+325.2%)
GeForce RTX 4080 vs Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 34,440 (+311.0%)
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 34,208 (+308.2%)
GeForce RTX 5090 D v2 vs Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 34,061 (+306.4%)
RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell vs Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 33,370 (+298.2%)
nVidia L40-48Q vs Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 33,270 (+297.0%)
nVidia L40-4Q vs Radeon R9 290X / 390X
 32,601 (+289.0%)
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