AMD Radeon R9 M290X vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M290X and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 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) 11 month(s) later
- Around 55% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 550 MHz
- 3.3x more texture fill rate: 72 GTexel / s vs 22 GTexel / s
- Around 60% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 800
- 2.6x better floating-point performance: 2,304 gflops vs 880.0 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
- 8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
- 4.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3282 vs 720
- Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 426 vs 416
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 9 January 2014 vs 9 January 2009 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz vs 550 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 72 GTexel / s vs 22 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1280 vs 800 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,304 gflops vs 880.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 55 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 512 MB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3282 vs 720 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 426 vs 416 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
- Around 48% higher memory clock speed: 1776 MHz vs 1200 MHz
- Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 2526
- Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 2526
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Memory clock speed | 1776 MHz vs 1200 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3350 vs 2526 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3350 vs 2526 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M290X
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
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| Name | AMD Radeon R9 M290X | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3282 | 720 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 426 | 416 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 23558 | |
| 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 | 3350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6666 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2581 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2526 | 3350 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon R9 M290X | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | TeraScale |
| Code name | Neptune | M98 |
| Design | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series | |
| Launch date | 9 January 2014 | 9 January 2009 |
| Place in performance rating | 596 | 593 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 900 MHz | |
| Compute units | 20 | |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 550 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 2,304 gflops | 880.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 55 nm |
| Pipelines | 1280 | 800 |
| Texture fill rate | 72 GTexel / s | 22 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt | |
| Transistor count | 2,800 million | 956 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| Eyefinity | ||
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 | |
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 | 512 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 56.8 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | 1776 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| DualGraphics | ||
| FreeSync | ||
| HD3D | ||
| PowerTune | ||
| Switchable graphics | ||
| ZeroCore | ||
| 1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI | ||
| 1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer) | ||
| DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600 | ||
| HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio) | ||
| PCI-E 2.0 x16 | ||
| Powerplay | ||
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