AMD Radeon R9 290X2 vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290X2 and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition 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.

AMD Radeon R9 290X2

ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 60% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 625 MHz
217.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 512 MB
3.7x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1450 MHz

Launch date	24 June 2014 vs 24 January 2006
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 1450 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

5.8x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 580 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 580 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290X2
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Name	AMD Radeon R9 290X2	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	19.441
PassMark - G3D Mark		137
PassMark - G2D Mark		507

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 290X2	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	R500
Code name	Hawaii	R580
Launch date	24 June 2014	24 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,399
Place in performance rating	302	299
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2x 2816
Texture fill rate	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	580 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	384 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 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	4x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 345.6 GB / s	46.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	1450 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3