AMD Radeon E8950 vs AMD Radeon R9 M290X
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8950 and AMD Radeon R9 M290X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
- Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
- Around 78% higher texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 72 GTexel / s
- Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
- Around 78% better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 2,304 gflops
- Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 100 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
- 5x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
- Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 66.837 vs 51.022
- Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1369.722 vs 936.497
- Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.633 vs 5.62
- Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 326.391 vs 258.046
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 29 September 2015 vs 9 January 2014 |
| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz vs 900 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 128.0 GTexel / s vs 72 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2048 vs 1280 |
| Floating-point performance | 4,096 gflops vs 2,304 gflops |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 95 Watt vs 100 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 4 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz vs 1200 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 66.837 vs 51.022 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1369.722 vs 936.497 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 6.633 vs 5.62 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 326.391 vs 258.046 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M290X
- Around 16% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 735 MHz
- Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 77.584 vs 65.836
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz vs 735 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 77.584 vs 65.836 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8950
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M290X
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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| Name | AMD Radeon E8950 | AMD Radeon R9 M290X |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 66.837 | 51.022 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1369.722 | 936.497 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 6.633 | 5.62 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 65.836 | 77.584 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 326.391 | 258.046 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3263 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 426 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 22299 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 6666 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2581 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2526 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6666 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2581 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2526 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon E8950 | AMD Radeon R9 M290X | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 3.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | Amethyst | Neptune |
| Launch date | 29 September 2015 | 9 January 2014 |
| Place in performance rating | 732 | 583 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Design | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 735 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 4,096 gflops | 2,304 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 2048 | 1280 |
| Texture fill rate | 128.0 GTexel / s | 72 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 95 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5,000 million | 2,800 million |
| Compute units | 20 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| Eyefinity | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
| Laptop size | large | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_0) | 11 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| Mantle | ||
| OpenCL | Not Listed | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.0 GB / s | 153.6 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| DualGraphics | ||
| FreeSync | ||
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| PowerTune | ||
| Switchable graphics | ||
| ZeroCore | ||
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