AMD Radeon R9 M290X vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M290X and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT 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 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
- 2.1x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 400 MHz
- 9x more texture fill rate: 72 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
- 16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
- Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
- 13.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3256 vs 244
- Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 430 vs 273
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 9 January 2014 vs 11 August 2005 |
Core clock speed | 850 MHz vs 400 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 72 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 110 nm |
Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 256 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 3256 vs 244 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 430 vs 273 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
- Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 100 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 65 Watt vs 100 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M290X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon R9 M290X | NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 3256 | 244 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 430 | 273 |
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 | NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Curie |
Code name | Neptune | G70 |
Design | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series | |
Launch date | 9 January 2014 | 11 August 2005 |
Place in performance rating | 598 | 595 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $449 | |
Price now | $80 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 3.16 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 900 MHz | |
Compute units | 20 | |
Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 400 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 2,304 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 110 nm |
Pipelines | 1280 | |
Texture fill rate | 72 GTexel / s | 8 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt | 65 Watt |
Transistor count | 2,800 million | 302 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Eyefinity | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Laptop size | large | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
Length | 226 mm | |
API support |
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DirectX | 11 | 9.0c |
Mantle | ||
OpenCL | Not Listed | |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 32.0 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | 1000 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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AMD Eyefinity | ||
DualGraphics | ||
FreeSync | ||
HD3D | ||
PowerTune | ||
Switchable graphics | ||
ZeroCore |