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AMD · GCN 2 · 2013

Radeon R9 290 (Hawaii Pro)

Radeon R9 290 (Hawaii Pro): 4 GB GDDR5, 250 W, 2,560 Stream processors. Launched November 5, 2013 at $399.

Memory
4 GB
Power
250 W
Bus width
512 bit
Memory4 GB5 of 104 in Radeon R9/R7/R5
Power250 W6 of 83 by higher draw in Radeon R9/R7/R5
Stream processors2,5608 of 69 in Radeon R9/R7/R5
Launch price$3998 of 33 in Radeon R9/R7/R5

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Specifications

Memory

Capacity
4 GB
Memory type
GDDR5
Bus width
512 bit
Bandwidth
320 GB/s

Compute

Stream processors
2,560
TMUs
160
ROPs
64
FP32
4,848.6 GFLOPS
FP64
606.1 GFLOPS
Pixel fill rate
60.608 GP/s
Texture fill rate
151.52 GT/s

Board

TDP
250 W
Bus interface
PCIe 3.0 ×16
Form factor
desktop
Launch MSRP
399 USD

Physical

Architecture
GCN 2
Process
28 nm
Transistors
6.2 billion
Die size
438 mm²
Series
Radeon R9/R7/R5
Launch date
November 5, 2013

Not recorded by the source: generation, codename, sm count and base clock, or 3 further fields.

Die figure

Silicon, made visible

Die area is drawn against the largest recorded die in the catalog. Shader dots use a labeled, card-specific ratio so both early and modern GPUs remain legible.

438 mm² die · 2,560 shadersDie area drawn to scale against the catalog maximum of 1,540 square millimeters. Each dot = 32 shaders.438 mm² die · 2,560 shadersEach dot = 32 shadersDashed frame = largest catalog die (1,540 mm²)

Catalog context

Within its series, the Radeon R9 290 (Hawaii Pro) ranks 9th of 54 for FP32 throughput and 5th of 104 for memory capacity. Its 250 W TDP is above the 75 W PCIe slot-power ceiling.

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