AMD Radeon R9 290 vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290 and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition 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 X1900 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 52% higher core clock speed: 947 MHz vs 625 MHz
15.2x more texture fill rate: 151.5 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
3.4x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1450 MHz
60.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8314 vs 137
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 775 vs 507

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 November 2013 vs 24 January 2006
Core clock speed	947 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8314 vs 137
PassMark - G2D Mark	775 vs 507

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

2.8x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 275 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 275 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8314

137

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

775

507

Name	AMD Radeon R9 290	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	8314	137
PassMark - G2D Mark	775	507
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 Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	R500
Code name	Hawaii	R580
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	5 November 2013	24 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	348	293
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	947 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2560
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	275 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	384 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
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	320.0 GB / s	46.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1450 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)