AMD Radeon R9 290 vs AMD Radeon HD 7730

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290 and AMD Radeon HD 7730 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 7730

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 947 MHz vs 800 MHz
7.9x more texture fill rate: 151.5 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
6.7x more pipelines: 2560 vs 384
7.9x better floating-point performance: 4,849 gflops vs 614.4 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 4500 MHz
6.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8313 vs 1205
Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 775 vs 401

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 November 2013 vs 1 May 2013
Core clock speed	947 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 384
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops vs 614.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8313 vs 1205
PassMark - G2D Mark	775 vs 401

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7730

5.9x lower typical power consumption: 47 Watt vs 275 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt vs 275 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7730

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8313

1205

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

775

401

Name	AMD Radeon R9 290	AMD Radeon HD 7730
PassMark - G3D Mark	8313	1205
PassMark - G2D Mark	775	401
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 R9 290	AMD Radeon HD 7730
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Hawaii	Cape Verde
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date	5 November 2013	1 May 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	$59
Place in performance rating	347	352
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$49.99
Value for money (0-100)		37.12
Technical info
Core clock speed	947 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops	614.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2560	384
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	275 Watt	47 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	1,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	275 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	320.0 GB / s	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)