AMD Radeon R9 290X vs AMD FireStream 9170

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290X and AMD FireStream 9170 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 290X

AMD FireStream 9170

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
13.8x more texture fill rate: 176.0 GTexel / s vs 12.8 GTexel / s
8.8x more pipelines: 2816 vs 320
11x better floating-point performance: 5,632 gflops vs 512.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
13.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8644 vs 647
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 770 vs 493

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 October 2013 vs 8 November 2007
Texture fill rate	176.0 GTexel / s vs 12.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2816 vs 320
Floating-point performance	5,632 gflops vs 512.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8644 vs 647
PassMark - G2D Mark	770 vs 493

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9170

2.4x lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 28% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290X
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9170

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8644

647

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

770

493

Name	AMD Radeon R9 290X	AMD FireStream 9170
PassMark - G3D Mark	8644	647
PassMark - G2D Mark	770	493
Geekbench - OpenCL	42508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	114.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3949

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 290X	AMD FireStream 9170
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Hawaii	RV670
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	24 October 2013	8 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$549
Place in performance rating	286	289
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	947 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,632 gflops	512.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2816	320
Stream Processors	2560
Texture fill rate	176.0 GTexel / s	12.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	666 million
Core clock speed		800 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	275 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	320 GB/s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)