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AMD Radeon R9 290X / 390X

The AMD Radeon R9 290X / 390X is a graphics card. It has 4 GB of video memory and a 290 W board power rating. It scores 8,380 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

290 W

Performance

The AMD Radeon R9 290X / 390X scores 8,380 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 86.9% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #358), measured across 4,606 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 696.

PassMark G3D Mark

8,380

Rank #358
Faster than 86.9% of 2,658 GPUs
4,606 samples

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

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 126 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 80.2% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 45 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 74.7% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 55 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 73.1% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 36 fps

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

GPU Compute 3,132 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 74.9% 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 290X / 390X averages DirectX 9 126 fps, DirectX 10 45 fps, DirectX 11 55 fps, DirectX 12 36 fps and GPU Compute 3,132 ops/s, across 4,606 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 1000 MHz

Memory clock 5000 MHz

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.4

Max TDP 290 W

First benchmarked 2013-10-25

Samples 4,606

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon R9 290X / 390X states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 4 GB of memory, a core clock of 1000 MHz, DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.4, first benchmarked on 2013-10-25. 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 290X / 390X is equipped with 4 GB of memory.

Board and power

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

Board power (TDP) 290 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 8,380

PassMark G2D 696

Rank #358

Samples 4,606

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD Radeon R9 290X / 390X 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 290X / 390X. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon R9 290X / 390X. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon R9 290X / 390X.

Naming and aliases

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

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

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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

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

How fast is the AMD Radeon R9 290X / 390X?

The AMD Radeon R9 290X / 390X scores 8,380 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 86.9% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #358. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 36 fps.