AMD Radeon R9 290X2 vs AMD Radeon HD 8770 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290X2 and AMD Radeon HD 8770 OEM 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • 37x more texture fill rate: 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 58.8 GTexel / s
  • 6.3x more pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 896
  • 6x better floating-point performance: 2x 5,632 gflops vs 1,882 gflops
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 1 GB
Launch date 24 June 2014 vs 2 September 2013
Texture fill rate 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 58.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 2816 vs 896
Floating-point performance 2x 5,632 gflops vs 1,882 gflops
Maximum memory size 2x 4 GB vs 1 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8770 OEM

  • Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 6.8x lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 580 Watt
  • Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 5400 MHz
Core clock speed 1050 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 580 Watt
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 5400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290X2
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8770 OEM

Name AMD Radeon R9 290X2 AMD Radeon HD 8770 OEM
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 19.441
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4551
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6886
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6886
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 17482
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 17482

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 290X2 AMD Radeon HD 8770 OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Hawaii Bonaire
Launch date 24 June 2014 2 September 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $1,399
Place in performance rating 275 273
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1000 MHz 1050 MHz
Floating-point performance 2x 5,632 gflops 1,882 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2x 2816 896
Texture fill rate 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec 58.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 580 Watt 85 Watt
Transistor count 6,200 million 2,080 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 4x 8-pin 1x 6-pin
Length 183 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2x 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 2x 345.6 GB / s 96 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 512 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5400 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5