AMD Radeon Pro 5600M vs AMD Radeon R9 290X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 5600M and AMD Radeon R9 290X 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 5600M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 947 MHz
  • 936.4x more texture fill rate: 164.8 GTexel/s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • 5x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 14% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 48318 vs 42419
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10296 vs 8729
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10296 vs 8729
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9282 vs 8644
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 Jun 2020 vs 24 October 2013
Boost clock speed 1030 MHz vs 947 MHz
Texture fill rate 164.8 GTexel/s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 48318 vs 42419
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10296 vs 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10296 vs 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 3353
PassMark - G3D Mark 9282 vs 8644

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

  • Around 10% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 2560
  • Around 62% higher memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 770 MHz (1540 MHz effective)
  • Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7055 vs 3715
  • Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7055 vs 3715
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 770 vs 685
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 2816 vs 2560
Memory clock speed 1250 MHz vs 770 MHz (1540 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7055 vs 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7055 vs 3715
PassMark - G2D Mark 770 vs 685

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 5600M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
48318
42419
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10296
8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10296
8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
7055
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
3353
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
685
770
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9282
8644
Name AMD Radeon Pro 5600M AMD Radeon R9 290X
Geekbench - OpenCL 48318 42419
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10296 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10296 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 7055
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 3353
PassMark - G2D Mark 685 770
PassMark - G3D Mark 9282 8644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 114.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 628.757
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3967

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro 5600M AMD Radeon R9 290X

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Navi 12 Hawaii
Launch date 15 Jun 2020 24 October 2013
Place in performance rating 271 286
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $549

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1030 MHz 947 MHz
Compute units 40
Core clock speed 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 329.6 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 10.55 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 5.274 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2560 2816
Pixel fill rate 65.92 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 164.8 GTexel/s 176.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 250 Watt
Floating-point performance 5,632 gflops
Stream Processors 2560
Transistor count 6,200 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Width IGP
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Length 275 mm

API support

DirectX 12.1 12
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 394.2 GB/s 320 GB/s
Memory bus width 2048 bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 770 MHz (1540 MHz effective) 1250 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)