AMD Radeon R9 M290X vs ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M290X and ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1 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, 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), 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).

AMD Radeon R9 M290X

ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M290X

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 70% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 500 MHz
36x more texture fill rate: 72 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
296x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3256 vs 11
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 430 vs 283

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2014 vs 1 January 2008
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	72 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3256 vs 11
PassMark - G2D Mark	430 vs 283

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1

5x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M290X
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3256

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

430

283

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M290X	ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1
PassMark - G3D Mark	3256	11
PassMark - G2D Mark	430	283
Geekbench - OpenCL	23514
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)	258.046
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2526
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2526

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M290X	ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rage 9
Code name	Neptune	RV380
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	9 January 2014	1 January 2008
Place in performance rating	598	595
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	900 MHz
Compute units	20
Core clock speed	850 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,304 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	1280
Texture fill rate	72 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VHDCI
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x1
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		170 mm
API support
DirectX	11	9.0b
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore