AMD Radeon R9 290X vs ATI FirePro RG220
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290X and ATI FirePro RG220 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) 5 month(s) later
- 44x more texture fill rate: 176.0 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
- 35.2x more pipelines: 2816 vs 80
- 70.4x better floating-point performance: 5,632 gflops vs 80 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
- 8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
- 25.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8644 vs 335
- Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 770 vs 552
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 24 October 2013 vs 1 May 2008 |
Texture fill rate | 176.0 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 2816 vs 80 |
Floating-point performance | 5,632 gflops vs 80 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 55 nm |
Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 512 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 8644 vs 335 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 770 vs 552 |
Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro RG220
- 7.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 250 Watt
- Around 28% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 35 Watt vs 250 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz vs 1250 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290X
GPU 2: ATI FirePro RG220
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon R9 290X | ATI FirePro RG220 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 8644 | 335 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 770 | 552 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 42419 | |
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 | 3962 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon R9 290X | ATI FirePro RG220 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 2.0 | TeraScale |
Code name | Hawaii | RV711 |
Design | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series | |
Launch date | 24 October 2013 | 1 May 2008 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | |
Place in performance rating | 286 | 251 |
Type | Desktop | Workstation |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 947 MHz | |
Floating-point performance | 5,632 gflops | 80 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 55 nm |
Pipelines | 2816 | 80 |
Stream Processors | 2560 | |
Texture fill rate | 176.0 GTexel / s | 4 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 250 Watt | 35 Watt |
Transistor count | 6,200 million | 242 million |
Core clock speed | 500 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 1x DMS-59 |
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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 | None |
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 | 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 |
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AMD Eyefinity | ||
AppAcceleration | ||
CrossFire | ||
DDMA audio | ||
FreeSync | ||
HD3D | ||
LiquidVR | ||
TressFX | ||
TrueAudio | ||
Unified Video Decoder (UVD) |