AMD Radeon R9 290 vs ATI FireMV 2260

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290 and ATI FireMV 2260 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 FireMV 2260

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 58% higher core clock speed: 947 MHz vs 600 MHz
63.1x more texture fill rate: 151.5 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
64x more pipelines: 2560 vs 40
101x better floating-point performance: 4,849 gflops vs 48 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
70.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8210 vs 117
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 763 vs 488

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 November 2013 vs 1 January 2008
Core clock speed	947 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 40
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops vs 48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8210 vs 117
PassMark - G2D Mark	763 vs 488

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2260

18.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 275 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 275 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2260

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8210

117

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

763

488

Name	AMD Radeon R9 290	ATI FireMV 2260
PassMark - G3D Mark	8210	117
PassMark - G2D Mark	763	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	3699

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 290	ATI FireMV 2260
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Hawaii	RV620
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	5 November 2013	1 January 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	339	338
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	947 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops	48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2560	40
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	275 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	4x mini-DisplayPort
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	275 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	320.0 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Technologies
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)