AMD Radeon RX 6500M vs AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6500M and AMD Radeon R9 290X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

AMD Radeon RX 6500M

AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
70.6x more texture fill rate: 153.6 GTexel/s vs 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
11.6x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 580 Watt

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 24 June 2014
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	153.6 GTexel/s vs 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 580 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2

5.5x more pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 1024
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 4 GB
2.4x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective

Pipelines	2x 2816 vs 1024
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6500M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6500M	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
PassMark - G2D Mark	386
PassMark - G3D Mark	7533
Geekbench - OpenCL	39298
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		19.441

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6500M	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Navi 24	Hawaii
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	24 June 2014
Place in performance rating	295	292
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,399
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2400 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	307.2 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	9.830 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.915 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	2x 2816
Pixel fill rate	76.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	153.6 GTexel/s	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	580 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		2x 5,632 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	4x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	5400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5