AMD Radeon R7 M465X vs AMD Radeon R9 290

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M465X and AMD Radeon R9 290 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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 R7 M465X

AMD Radeon R9 290

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M465X

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later

Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 5 November 2013

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 947 MHz vs 900 MHz
5.1x more texture fill rate: 151.5 GTexel / s vs 29.6 GTexel / s
5x more pipelines: 2560 vs 512
5.1x better floating-point performance: 4,849 gflops vs 947.2 gflops
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 4500 MHz
4.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8281 vs 1780
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 776 vs 378

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	947 MHz vs 900 MHz
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s vs 29.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 512
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops vs 947.2 gflops
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8281 vs 1780
PassMark - G2D Mark	776 vs 378

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M465X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1780

8281

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

378

776

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M465X	AMD Radeon R9 290
PassMark - G3D Mark	1780	8281
PassMark - G2D Mark	378	776
Geekbench - OpenCL		102277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		89.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1366.314
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		10.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		98.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		540.645
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3683

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M465X	AMD Radeon R9 290
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Tropo	Hawaii
Launch date	15 May 2016	5 November 2013
Place in performance rating	358	357
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	947 MHz
Floating-point performance	947.2 gflops	4,849 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	2560
Texture fill rate	29.6 GTexel / s	151.5 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	6,200 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		275 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		275 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	320.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)