AMD Radeon R9 290 vs Intel Arc B580

GPU Specs Compare

G

AMD Radeon R9 290

AMD 2013-11
G

Intel Arc B580

Intel 2024-12

Graphics Card

Release Date
Nov 2013
Dec 2024
Generation
Volcanic Islands
Battlemage
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8

Clock Speeds

Memory Clock
1250 MHz
2375 MHz
Base Clock
-
2670 MHz
Boost Clock
-
2670 MHz

Memory

Memory Size
4GB
12GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Bus
512bit
192bit
Bandwidth
320.0GB/s
456.0GB/s

Render Config

Compute Units
40
-
Shading Units
2560
2560
TMUs
160
160
ROPs
64
80
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
256 KB (per EU)
L2 Cache
1024 KB
18 MB
Tensor Cores
-
160
RT Cores
-
20

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
60.61 GPixel/s
213.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
151.5 GTexel/s
427.2 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
4.849 TFLOPS
13.67 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
606.1 GFLOPS
1.709 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
-
27.34 TFLOPS

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
Hawaii
BMG-G21
GPU Variant
Hawaii PRO(215-0852020)
SRPMF
Architecture
GCN 2.0
Xe2
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
5 nm
Transistors
6.2 billion
19.6 billion
Die Size
438 mm²
272 mm²

Board Design

TDP
275W
190W
Suggested PSU
600 W
450 W
Outputs
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
1x HDMI 2.1a3x DisplayPort 2.1
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
1x 8-pin

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 (12_0)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
2.0
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
1.4
Shader Model
6.3
6.6

📊 Benchmark

3DMark Time Spy
3,694
-
Blender
-
1,935