AMD Radeon R9 290X2 vs AMD FireStream 9170

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290X2 and AMD FireStream 9170 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R9 290X2

AMD FireStream 9170

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
170x more texture fill rate: 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 12.8 GTexel / s
17.6x more pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 320
22x better floating-point performance: 2x 5,632 gflops vs 512.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 2 GB
3.4x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Launch date	24 June 2014 vs 8 November 2007
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 12.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2816 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2x 5,632 gflops vs 512.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9170

5.5x lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 580 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 580 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290X2
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9170

Name	AMD Radeon R9 290X2	AMD FireStream 9170
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	19.441
PassMark - G2D Mark		493
PassMark - G3D Mark		647

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 290X2	AMD FireStream 9170
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Hawaii	RV670
Launch date	24 June 2014	8 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,399
Place in performance rating	292	294
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 5,632 gflops	512.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2x 2816	320
Texture fill rate	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	12.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	580 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	4x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 345.6 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3