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.

AMD Radeon Pro 5600M

AMD Radeon R9 290X

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 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 47784 vs 43410
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 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9198 vs 8526

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	47784 vs 43410
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	9198 vs 8526

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 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 755 vs 678

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	755 vs 678

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

47784

43410

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

678

755

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9198

8526

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 5600M	AMD Radeon R9 290X
Geekbench - OpenCL	47784	43410
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	678	755
PassMark - G3D Mark	9198	8526
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		117.322
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		3932

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	282	284
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)