AMD Radeon R9 M290X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M290X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM 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 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
- Around 15% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 736 MHz
- 2x more texture fill rate: 72 GTexel / s vs 35.3 GTexel / s
- 4.4x more pipelines: 1280 vs 288
- 2.7x better floating-point performance: 2,304 gflops vs 847.9 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
- Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 150 Watt
- 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
- 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3256 vs 1572
- 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6666 vs 2879
- 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6666 vs 2879
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 9 January 2014 vs 14 May 2011 |
Core clock speed | 850 MHz vs 736 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 72 GTexel / s vs 35.3 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 1280 vs 288 |
Floating-point performance | 2,304 gflops vs 847.9 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 40 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt vs 150 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 1 GB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 3256 vs 1572 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 6666 vs 2879 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6666 vs 2879 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM
- 3.2x more memory clock speed: 3828 MHz vs 1200 MHz
- Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 447 vs 430
- Around 16% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 27378 vs 23514
- Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3372 vs 2581
- Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3322 vs 2526
- Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3372 vs 2581
- Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3322 vs 2526
Specifications (specs) | |
Memory clock speed | 3828 MHz vs 1200 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 447 vs 430 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 27378 vs 23514 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3372 vs 2581 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3322 vs 2526 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3372 vs 2581 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3322 vs 2526 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M290X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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Name | AMD Radeon R9 M290X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 3256 | 1572 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 430 | 447 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 23514 | 27378 |
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 | 2879 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2581 | 3372 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2526 | 3322 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6666 | 2879 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2581 | 3372 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2526 | 3322 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon R9 M290X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM | |
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Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Fermi 2.0 |
Code name | Neptune | GF114 |
Design | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series | |
Launch date | 9 January 2014 | 14 May 2011 |
Place in performance rating | 598 | 600 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 900 MHz | |
Compute units | 20 | |
Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 736 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 2,304 gflops | 847.9 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
Pipelines | 1280 | 288 |
Texture fill rate | 72 GTexel / s | 35.3 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt | 150 Watt |
Transistor count | 2,800 million | 1,950 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI |
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 | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | 2x 6-pin |
Length | 210 mm | |
API support |
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DirectX | 11 | 12.0 (11_0) |
Mantle | ||
OpenCL | Not Listed | |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 91.9 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 bit | 192 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | 3828 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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DualGraphics | ||
FreeSync | ||
HD3D | ||
PowerTune | ||
Switchable graphics | ||
ZeroCore |