AMD Radeon R9 290X vs ATI FireGL V7600

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290X and ATI FireGL V7600 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

ATI FireGL V7600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
24.4x more texture fill rate: 176.0 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
11.7x more pipelines: 2816 vs 240
19.6x better floating-point performance: 5,632 gflops vs 288 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
14x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8618 vs 616
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 765 vs 488

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 October 2013 vs 6 November 2007
Texture fill rate	176.0 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2816 vs 240
Floating-point performance	5,632 gflops vs 288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8618 vs 616
PassMark - G2D Mark	765 vs 488

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7600

Around 97% lower typical power consumption: 127 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 28% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	127 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290X
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8618

616

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

765

488

Name	AMD Radeon R9 290X	ATI FireGL V7600
PassMark - G3D Mark	8618	616
PassMark - G2D Mark	765	488
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	ATI FireGL V7600
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Hawaii	R600
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	24 October 2013	6 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$549	$999
Place in performance rating	301	302
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	947 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,632 gflops	288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	2816	240
Stream Processors	2560
Texture fill rate	176.0 GTexel / s	7.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	127 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	720 million
Core clock speed		600 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 1.0 x16
Length	275 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
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)