AMD Radeon R9 290 vs AMD Radeon HD 6650A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290 and AMD Radeon HD 6650A 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 R9 290

AMD Radeon HD 6650A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 58% higher core clock speed: 947 MHz vs 600 MHz
10.5x more texture fill rate: 151.5 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 2560 vs 480
8.4x better floating-point performance: 4,849 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
9.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8256 vs 836
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 769 vs 418

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 November 2013 vs 19 April 2011
Core clock speed	947 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 480
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8256 vs 836
PassMark - G2D Mark	769 vs 418

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6650A

6.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 275 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 275 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6650A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8256

836

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

769

418

Name	AMD Radeon R9 290	AMD Radeon HD 6650A
PassMark - G3D Mark	8256	836
PassMark - G2D Mark	769	418
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	3694

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 290	AMD Radeon HD 6650A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Hawaii	Onega
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	5 November 2013	19 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	354	355
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	947 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops	576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2560	480
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s	14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	275 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	275 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	320.0 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Technologies
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)