AMD Radeon R9 290 vs NVIDIA Quadro CX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290 and NVIDIA Quadro CX 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

NVIDIA Quadro CX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 57% higher core clock speed: 947 MHz vs 602 MHz
3.9x more texture fill rate: 151.5 GTexel / s vs 38.5 GTexel / s
13.3x more pipelines: 2560 vs 192
10.5x better floating-point performance: 4,849 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1536 MB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
8.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8210 vs 947
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 763 vs 454

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 November 2013 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed	947 MHz vs 602 MHz
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s vs 38.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 192
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8210 vs 947
PassMark - G2D Mark	763 vs 454

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro CX

Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 275 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 275 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro CX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8210

947

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

763

454

Name	AMD Radeon R9 290	NVIDIA Quadro CX
PassMark - G3D Mark	8210	947
PassMark - G2D Mark	763	454
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	NVIDIA Quadro CX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Hawaii	GT200B
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	5 November 2013	11 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	$1,999
Place in performance rating	339	340
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Price now		$149.95
Value for money (0-100)		8.20
Technical info
Core clock speed	947 MHz	602 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops	462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2560	192
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s	38.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	275 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 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	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	320.0 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)