AMD Radeon R9 290X vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290X and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition 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 Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
17.6x more texture fill rate: 176.0 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
63x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8625 vs 137
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 507

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 October 2013 vs 24 January 2006
Texture fill rate	176.0 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8625 vs 137
PassMark - G2D Mark	766 vs 507

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 16% higher memory clock speed: 1450 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	1450 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8625

137

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

766

507

Name	AMD Radeon R9 290X	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	8625	137
PassMark - G2D Mark	766	507
Geekbench - OpenCL	43456
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	3925

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 290X	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	R500
Code name	Hawaii	R580
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	24 October 2013	24 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$549
Place in performance rating	300	297
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	947 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2816
Stream Processors	2560
Texture fill rate	176.0 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	384 million
Core clock speed		625 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
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	320 GB/s	46.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1450 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)