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AMD Radeon R9 290 / 390

The AMD Radeon R9 290 / 390 is a graphics card. It has 4 GB of video memory and a 275 W board power rating. It scores 8,150 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.4.

3/10 key specs recorded · 14 facts

Depth: 27 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified July 25, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark. Coverage: 3 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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Shading units

n/a

Memory

4 GB

Boost clock

n/a

Board power

275 W

Performance

The AMD Radeon R9 290 / 390 scores 8,150 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 86.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #362), measured across 8,447 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 695.

PassMark G3D Mark

8,150

Rank #362
Faster than 86.7% of 2,658 GPUs
8,447 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 127 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 80.4% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 44 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 74.3% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 54 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 72.6% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 36 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 71.7% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 3,068 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 74.6% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the AMD Radeon R9 290 / 390 averages DirectX 9 127 fps, DirectX 10 44 fps, DirectX 11 54 fps, DirectX 12 36 fps and GPU Compute 3,068 ops/s, across 8,447 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 4 GB

Core clock 947 MHz

Memory clock 5000 MHz

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.4

Max TDP 275 W

First benchmarked 2013-11-09

Samples 8,447

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon R9 290 / 390 states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 4 GB of memory, a core clock of 947 MHz, DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.4, first benchmarked on 2013-11-09. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Memory

Size 4 GB

Type Not recorded

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The AMD Radeon R9 290 / 390 is equipped with 4 GB of memory.

Board and power

The AMD Radeon R9 290 / 390 has a board power rating of 275 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 275 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched Not recorded

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series Radeon

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 8,150

PassMark G2D 695

Rank #362

Samples 8,447

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD Radeon R9 290 / 390 supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.4.

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.4

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon R9 290 / 390. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon R9 290 / 390. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon R9 290 / 390.

Naming and aliases

The AMD Radeon R9 290 / 390 is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as AMD Radeon R9 290 Series, ASUS R9 290 Series, AMD Radeon R9 200 Series, AMD Radeon R9 290, ASUS R9 390 Series and AMD Radeon (TM) R9 390 Series.

Other names (PassMark) AMD Radeon R9 290 Series; ASUS R9 290 Series; AMD Radeon R9 200 Series; AMD Radeon R9 290; ASUS R9 390 Series; AMD Radeon (TM) R9 390 Series

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon R9 290 / 390 have?

The AMD Radeon R9 290 / 390 has 4 GB of video memory.

How much power does the AMD Radeon R9 290 / 390 use and what power supply does it need?

The AMD Radeon R9 290 / 390 has a board power rating of 275 W.

How fast is the AMD Radeon R9 290 / 390?

The AMD Radeon R9 290 / 390 scores 8,150 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 86.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #362. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 36 fps.