AMD Radeon R9 290X vs AMD FireStream 9250
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290X and AMD FireStream 9250 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X
- Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
- 7x more texture fill rate: 176.0 GTexel / s vs 25 GTexel / s
- 3.5x more pipelines: 2816 vs 800
- 5.6x better floating-point performance: 5,632 gflops vs 1,000.0 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 1 GB
- 7.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8604 vs 1165
- Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 764 vs 465
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 24 October 2013 vs 16 June 2008 |
Texture fill rate | 176.0 GTexel / s vs 25 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 2816 vs 800 |
Floating-point performance | 5,632 gflops vs 1,000.0 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 55 nm |
Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 1 GB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 8604 vs 1165 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 764 vs 465 |
Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9250
- Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
- Around 59% higher memory clock speed: 1986 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 150 Watt vs 250 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 1986 MHz vs 1250 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290X
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9250
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon R9 290X | AMD FireStream 9250 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 8604 | 1165 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 764 | 465 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 43456 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 117.322 | |
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 | 3925 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon R9 290X | AMD FireStream 9250 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 2.0 | TeraScale |
Code name | Hawaii | RV770 |
Design | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series | |
Launch date | 24 October 2013 | 16 June 2008 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | |
Place in performance rating | 302 | 305 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 947 MHz | |
Floating-point performance | 5,632 gflops | 1,000.0 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 55 nm |
Pipelines | 2816 | 800 |
Stream Processors | 2560 | |
Texture fill rate | 176.0 GTexel / s | 25 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 250 Watt | 150 Watt |
Transistor count | 6,200 million | 956 million |
Core clock speed | 625 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 1x DVI |
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Dual-link DVI support | ||
Eyefinity | ||
HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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DirectX | 12 | 10.1 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 320 GB/s | 63.6 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 512 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 1986 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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AMD Eyefinity | ||
AppAcceleration | ||
CrossFire | ||
DDMA audio | ||
FreeSync | ||
HD3D | ||
LiquidVR | ||
TressFX | ||
TrueAudio | ||
Unified Video Decoder (UVD) |