AMD Radeon R9 290X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
9.4x more texture fill rate: 176.0 GTexel / s vs 18.7 billion / sec
8x more pipelines: 2816 vs 352
9.4x better floating-point performance: 5,632 gflops vs 598.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1200 MHz
5.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8568 vs 1617
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 753 vs 458

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 October 2013 vs 25 May 2010
Texture fill rate	176.0 GTexel / s vs 18.7 billion / sec
Pipelines	2816 vs 352
Floating-point performance	5,632 gflops vs 598.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8568 vs 1617
PassMark - G2D Mark	753 vs 458

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8568

1617

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

753

458

Name	AMD Radeon R9 290X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
PassMark - G3D Mark	8568	1617
PassMark - G2D Mark	753	458
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	3936

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 290X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Fermi
Code name	Hawaii	GF100
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	24 October 2013	25 May 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$549
Place in performance rating	296	298
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	947 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,632 gflops	598.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2816	352
Stream Processors	2560
Texture fill rate	176.0 GTexel / s	18.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	3,100 million
Core clock speed		850 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	275 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin	None
Laptop size		large
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12	12 API
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	320 GB/s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1200 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)
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI