AMD Radeon R9 290 vs ATI FireGL V7600

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290 and ATI FireGL V7600 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

ATI FireGL V7600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 58% higher core clock speed: 947 MHz vs 600 MHz
21x more texture fill rate: 151.5 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
10.7x more pipelines: 2560 vs 240
16.8x better floating-point performance: 4,849 gflops vs 288 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
13.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8314 vs 616
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 775 vs 488

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 November 2013 vs 6 November 2007
Core clock speed	947 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 240
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops vs 288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8314 vs 616
PassMark - G2D Mark	775 vs 488

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7600

2.2x lower typical power consumption: 127 Watt vs 275 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	127 Watt vs 275 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8314

616

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

775

488

Name	AMD Radeon R9 290	ATI FireGL V7600
PassMark - G3D Mark	8314	616
PassMark - G2D Mark	775	488
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	3684

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 290	ATI FireGL V7600
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Hawaii	R600
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	5 November 2013	6 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	$999
Place in performance rating	349	296
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	947 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops	288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	2560	240
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s	7.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	275 Watt	127 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	275 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	320.0 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)