AMD Radeon R9 290X2 vs AMD FireStream 9270

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290X2 and AMD FireStream 9270 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 33% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 750 MHz
  • 72.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 30 GTexel / s
  • 7x more pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 800
  • 9.4x better floating-point performance: 2x 5,632 gflops vs 1,200.0 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
  • Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Launch date 24 June 2014 vs 13 November 2008
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 30 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 2816 vs 800
Floating-point performance 2x 5,632 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 2x 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 5400 MHz vs 3600 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9270

  • 3.6x lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 580 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt vs 580 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290X2
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9270

Name AMD Radeon R9 290X2 AMD FireStream 9270
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 19.441
PassMark - G3D Mark 1341
PassMark - G2D Mark 473

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 290X2 AMD FireStream 9270

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 TeraScale
Code name Hawaii RV770
Launch date 24 June 2014 13 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $1,399
Place in performance rating 292 293
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1000 MHz 750 MHz
Floating-point performance 2x 5,632 gflops 1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 2x 2816 800
Texture fill rate 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec 30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 580 Watt 160 Watt
Transistor count 6,200 million 956 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 4x 8-pin 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2x 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 2x 345.6 GB / s 115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 512 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5400 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5