AMD Radeon R9 290X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290X2 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M 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.

AMD Radeon R9 290X2

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 850 MHz
116.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 18.7 billion / sec
16x more pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 352
18.8x better floating-point performance: 2x 5,632 gflops vs 598.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 2 GB
4.5x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Launch date	24 June 2014 vs 25 May 2010
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 18.7 billion / sec
Pipelines	2x 2816 vs 352
Floating-point performance	2x 5,632 gflops vs 598.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

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: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Name	AMD Radeon R9 290X2	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	19.441
PassMark - G3D Mark		1617
PassMark - G2D Mark		458

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 290X2	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Fermi
Code name	Hawaii	GF100
Launch date	24 June 2014	25 May 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,399
Place in performance rating	304	300
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 5,632 gflops	598.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2x 2816	352
Texture fill rate	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	18.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	580 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	3,100 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	4x 8-pin	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12 API
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 345.6 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI