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: 3263 vs 665
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 426 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 3263 vs 665
PassMark - G2D Mark 426 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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3263
665
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
426
415
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2526
3309
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2526
3309
Name AMD Radeon R9 M290X ATI FirePro M7740
PassMark - G3D Mark 3263 665
PassMark - G2D Mark 426 415
Geekbench - OpenCL 23500
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

Essentials

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

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

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

DirectX 11 10.1
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

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

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore