AMD Radeon R9 290X2 vs AMD Radeon R9 290X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290X2 and AMD Radeon R9 290X 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), 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 - 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 290X2

AMD Radeon R9 290X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
12.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 176.0 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 2816
2x better floating-point performance: 2x 5,632 gflops vs 5,632 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 4 GB
4.3x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Around 75% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 19.441 vs 11.12

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 June 2014 vs 24 October 2013
Texture fill rate	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 176.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2816 vs 2816
Floating-point performance	2x 5,632 gflops vs 5,632 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	19.441 vs 11.12

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 580 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 580 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290X2
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19.441

11.12

Name	AMD Radeon R9 290X2	AMD Radeon R9 290X
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	19.441	11.12
PassMark - G3D Mark		8644
PassMark - G2D Mark		770
Geekbench - OpenCL		43663
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		114.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2460.464
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		3948

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 290X2	AMD Radeon R9 290X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Hawaii	Hawaii
Launch date	24 June 2014	24 October 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,399	$549
Place in performance rating	283	287
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 5,632 gflops	5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2x 2816	2816
Texture fill rate	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	176.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	580 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	6,200 million
Boost clock speed		947 MHz
Stream Processors		2560
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	4x 8-pin	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		275 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 345.6 GB / s	320 GB/s
Memory bus width	2x 512 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)