AMD Radeon R9 290 vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290 and ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 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 Radeon HD 3850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 947 MHz vs 669 MHz
4x more pipelines: 2560 vs 2x 320
5.7x better floating-point performance: 4,849 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1656 MHz
10.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8313 vs 822
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 775 vs 422

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 November 2013 vs 4 April 2008
Core clock speed	947 MHz vs 669 MHz
Pipelines	2560 vs 2x 320
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8313 vs 822
PassMark - G2D Mark	775 vs 422

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Around 39% higher texture fill rate: 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 151.5 GTexel / s
Around 96% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 275 Watt

Texture fill rate	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 151.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 275 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8313

822

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

775

422

Name	AMD Radeon R9 290	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	8313	822
PassMark - G2D Mark	775	422
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	3682

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 290	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Hawaii	RV670
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	5 November 2013	4 April 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	$349
Place in performance rating	346	343
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	947 MHz	669 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops	2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2560	2x 320
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	275 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	666 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 2.0 x16
Length	275 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	320.0 GB / s	2x 53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)