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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3256
1572
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
430
447
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
23514
27378
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6666
2879
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2581
3372
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2526
3322
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6666
2879
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2581
3372
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2526
3322
Name AMD Radeon R9 M290X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM
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

Essentials

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 598 599
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

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

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

DirectX 11 12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 4.6

Memory

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

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore