R9 290/390
FOLDING@HOME PPD PERFORMANCE

GPU Folding Overview R9 290/390

Folding@Home PPD for the R9 290/390 represents the averages of folding work unit samples collected from a wide variety of users different computer hardware configurations.

Average values are used to best represent folding PPD performance of a R9 290/390 across different F@H projects and user variables such as power settings, overclocks, operating system and specific work units which can yield wildly different highs and lows for PPD scores on the same GPU platform.

Stats as ofSunday, 26 April 2026 03:04:00

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GPU PPD Average All OS

288,721

Average of 38 most recent PPD samples.

Work Unit Samples All OS

38

All-time sample volume for this GPU profile.

Overall Rank All GPUs

#261

Ranked 261 of 439 tracked GPUs.

Brand Rank AMD GPUs

#60

Ranked 60 of 133 AMD GPUs.

Folding STATISTICS Hawaii PRO [R9 290/390] - AMD

DATA SAMPLES INFO
Filter applied, PPD samples all time
AVERAGE FOLDING PERFORMANCE
Based on ALL available PPD samples by filter
WORK UNIT PPD RECORDS
All Time
OS FILTER SAMPLES PPD
WU Per 24hrs
Time Per WU
Points Per WU
BEST PPD
WORST PPD
All OS AVG 38 288,721 3.47 6 hrs 54 mins 83,091 440,569 168,168
Windows 38 288,721 3.47 6 hrs 54 mins 83,091 440,569 168,168

Recent Work Unit Performance - R9 290/390

Average PPD is impacted by the types of research work units being done as they return different amounts of points and take different amounts of time.

The following shows the work unit allocation of research causes to better understand changes in PPD over time for the R9 290/390.

No work unit data recorded for the R9 290/390 in the past 12 weeks.

Data is provided in legacy mode until new work units are folded using our web client.

Recent Work Unit Performance Clusters - R9 290/390

The following visualization illustrates the PPD / Credit allocation of work units across different research causes, providing insight into how PPD varies by work unit PPD samples for the R9 290/390.

This analysis helps better understand the relationship between research causes and PPD/Credit, highlighting any performance trends as clusters or anomalies as outliers.

R9 290/390 kWh POWER CONSUMPTION & COST

Power consumption information for the R9 290/390 is based on an average wattage taken from vendor information for the lowest and highest power draws for the GPU under folding@home compute loads.

Wattage information is only for the GPU and does not include the host computers power usage.

GPU Power Draw
Watts - TDP
Daily Power Usage
kWh
Points per
kWh
Daily Cost at $0.10
per kWh
Power Cost
per 1m Points
290 W 6.96 kWh 41,483 $0.70 $2.411

R9 290/390 COMPUTE VS kWH USAGE DAY, MONTH, WEEK & YEAR

Folding@Home compute projections for the R9 290/390 can be used to help inform long term point goals and related costs based on 24/7 usage.

Duration Nick Name Points
Average
Work Units
Average
Power Usage
kWh
Power Cost
at $0.10 per kWh
Day PPD 288,721 3.47 6.96 kWh $0.70
Week PPW 2,021,047 24.32 48.72 kWh $4.87
Month PPM 8,781,930 105.69 211.70 kWh $21.17
Year PPY 105,383,165 1268.29 2540.40 kWh $254.04

5 BEST PPD RESEARCH PROJECTS - R9 290/390

The following data is the average PPD values for R9 290/390 project work units based on multiple samples collected via the use of our Folding@Home Web Client.

PPD
Rank
Project
ID
Cause
Research
PPD
Average
Points WU
Average
WUs Day
Average
WU Time
Average
1 18450 influenza 440,569 223,465 1.97 12 hrs 10 mins
2 18447 influenza 307,788 76,623 4.02 5 hrs 58 mins
3 18449 influenza 289,244 96,708 2.99 8 hrs 1 mins
4 18454 biofilm 249,872 56,392 4.43 5 hrs 25 mins

5 LOWEST PPD RESEARCH PROJECTS - R9 290/390

The following data is the average PPD values for R9 290/390 project work units based on multiple samples collected via the use of our Folding@Home Web Client.

PPD
Rank
Project
ID
Cause
Research
PPD
Average
Points WU
Average
WUs Day
Average
WU Time
Average
1 18454 biofilm 249,872 56,392 4.43 5 hrs 25 mins
2 18449 influenza 289,244 96,708 2.99 8 hrs 1 mins
3 18447 influenza 307,788 76,623 4.02 5 hrs 58 mins
4 18450 influenza 440,569 223,465 1.97 12 hrs 10 mins