AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 7790

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM and AMD Radeon HD 7790 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 - 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

AMD Radeon HD 7790

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
4.7x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 85 Watt

Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 22 March 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 85 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7790

Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 875 MHz
8x more texture fill rate: 56 GTexel / s vs 7 GTexel / s
5.6x more pipelines: 896 vs 160
6.4x better floating-point performance: 1,792 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
3.3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 459 vs 202
11.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3090 vs 277

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 875 MHz
Texture fill rate	56 GTexel / s vs 7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 160
Floating-point performance	1,792 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	459 vs 202
PassMark - G3D Mark	3090 vs 277

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7790

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

202

459

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

277

3090

Name	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM	AMD Radeon HD 7790
PassMark - G2D Mark	202	459
PassMark - G3D Mark	277	3090
Geekbench - OpenCL		14832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		40.749
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		828.247
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		63.284
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		217.744
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		5087
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		988
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2061
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		5087
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		988
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2061
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM	AMD Radeon HD 7790
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	GCN 2.0
Code name	Caicos	Bonaire
Launch date	21 December 2013	22 March 2013
Place in performance rating	833	817
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$149
Price now		$134.99
Value for money (0-100)		29.57
Technical info
Core clock speed	875 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	280.0 gflops	1,792 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	160	896
Texture fill rate	7 GTexel / s	56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt	85 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	2,080 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	168 mm	183 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	96 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5