AMD Radeon R9 290X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M 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 485M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
4.8x more texture fill rate: 176.0 GTexel / s vs 36.8 billion / sec
7.3x more pipelines: 2816 vs 384
6.4x better floating-point performance: 5,632 gflops vs 883.2 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
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8526 vs 2360
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 755 vs 479

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 October 2013 vs 5 January 2011
Texture fill rate	176.0 GTexel / s vs 36.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	2816 vs 384
Floating-point performance	5,632 gflops vs 883.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8526 vs 2360
PassMark - G2D Mark	755 vs 479

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8526

2360

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

755

479

Name	AMD Radeon R9 290X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M
PassMark - G3D Mark	8526	2360
PassMark - G2D Mark	755	479
Geekbench - OpenCL	43410
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	3932

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 290X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Fermi
Code name	Hawaii	GF104
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	24 October 2013	5 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$549
Place in performance rating	284	285
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	947 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,632 gflops	883.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2816	384
Stream Processors	2560
Texture fill rate	176.0 GTexel / s	36.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	1,950 million
Core clock speed		384
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	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	320 GB/s	96.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1500 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