AMD Radeon R9 380X vs AMD Radeon R9 M290X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 380X and AMD Radeon R9 M290X 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon R9 380X

AMD Radeon R9 M290X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 970 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 73% higher texture fill rate: 124.2 GTexel / s vs 72 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
Around 72% better floating-point performance: 3,973 gflops vs 2,304 gflops
Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6171 vs 3282
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 677 vs 426
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9685 vs 6666
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9685 vs 6666
Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 2581
Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 2581
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 2526
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 2526

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 November 2015 vs 9 January 2014
Boost clock speed	970 MHz vs 900 MHz
Texture fill rate	124.2 GTexel / s vs 72 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1280
Floating-point performance	3,973 gflops vs 2,304 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6171 vs 3282
PassMark - G2D Mark	677 vs 426
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9685 vs 6666
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9685 vs 6666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 2581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 2581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 2526
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 2526

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M290X

Around 90% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 190 Watt
Around 24% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 970 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 190 Watt
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 970 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 380X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M290X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6171

3282

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

677

426

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9685

6666

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9685

6666

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

2581

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

2581

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

2526

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

2526

Name	AMD Radeon R9 380X	AMD Radeon R9 M290X
PassMark - G3D Mark	6171	3282
PassMark - G2D Mark	677	426
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9685	6666
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9685	6666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	2581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	2581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361	2526
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361	2526
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3053
Geekbench - OpenCL		24008
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		51.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		936.497
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.62
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		77.584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		267.307

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 380X	AMD Radeon R9 M290X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Antigua	Neptune
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	19 November 2015	9 January 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$229
Place in performance rating	309	573
Price now	$528.44
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	15.61
Technical info
Boost clock speed	970 MHz	900 MHz
Compute units	32	20
Floating-point performance	3,973 gflops	2,304 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	1280
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	124.2 GTexel / s	72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	2,800 million
Core clock speed		850 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays	6
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0 x16
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	221 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 6-pin	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12	11
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	182.4 GB/s	153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	970 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore
DualGraphics
Switchable graphics