AMD Radeon R9 M290X vs ATI FirePro M7740
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M290X and ATI FirePro M7740 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M290X
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- Around 31% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 650 MHz
- 3.5x more texture fill rate: 72 GTexel / s vs 20.8 GTexel / s
- 2x more pipelines: 1280 vs 640
- 2.8x better floating-point performance: 2,304 gflops vs 832.0 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
- 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
- 4.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3256 vs 665
- Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 430 vs 415
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 9 January 2014 vs 4 August 2009 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz vs 650 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 72 GTexel / s vs 20.8 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1280 vs 640 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,304 gflops vs 832.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 40 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 1 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3256 vs 665 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 430 vs 415 |
Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro M7740
- Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 100 Watt
- 2.8x more memory clock speed: 3384 MHz vs 1200 MHz
- Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3309 vs 2526
- Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3309 vs 2526
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 60 Watt vs 100 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 3384 MHz vs 1200 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3309 vs 2526 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3309 vs 2526 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M290X
GPU 2: ATI FirePro M7740
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| Name | AMD Radeon R9 M290X | ATI FirePro M7740 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3256 | 665 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 430 | 415 |
| 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 | 3309 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6666 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2581 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2526 | 3309 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon R9 M290X | ATI FirePro M7740 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | TeraScale |
| Code name | Neptune | M97 |
| Design | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series | |
| Launch date | 9 January 2014 | 4 August 2009 |
| Place in performance rating | 598 | 600 |
| Type | Desktop | Mobile workstation |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 900 MHz | |
| Compute units | 20 | |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 2,304 gflops | 832.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Pipelines | 1280 | 640 |
| Texture fill rate | 72 GTexel / s | 20.8 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt | 60 Watt |
| Transistor count | 2,800 million | 826 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | large |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
API support |
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| DirectX | 11 | 10.1 |
| Mantle | ||
| OpenCL | Not Listed | |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 54.1 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | 3384 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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| DualGraphics | ||
| FreeSync | ||
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| PowerTune | ||
| Switchable graphics | ||
| ZeroCore | ||
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