AMD Radeon R9 290X vs AMD Radeon HD 7850M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290X and AMD Radeon HD 7850M 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 Radeon HD 7850M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
6.5x more texture fill rate: 176.0 GTexel / s vs 27 GTexel / s
4.4x more pipelines: 2816 vs 640
6.5x better floating-point performance: 5,632 gflops vs 864.0 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
6.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8644 vs 1373
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 770 vs 566

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 October 2013 vs 24 April 2012
Texture fill rate	176.0 GTexel / s vs 27 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2816 vs 640
Floating-point performance	5,632 gflops vs 864.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8644 vs 1373
PassMark - G2D Mark	770 vs 566

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7850M

6.3x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 250 Watt
3.2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7850M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8644

1373

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

770

566

Name	AMD Radeon R9 290X	AMD Radeon HD 7850M
PassMark - G3D Mark	8644	1373
PassMark - G2D Mark	770	566
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 Radeon HD 7850M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Hawaii	Heathrow
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	24 October 2013	24 April 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$549
Place in performance rating	287	223
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	947 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,632 gflops	864.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2816	640
Stream Processors	2560
Texture fill rate	176.0 GTexel / s	27 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	1,500 million
Core clock speed		675 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	275 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	320 GB/s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)