AMD Radeon R9 M365X vs AMD Radeon R9 290

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M365X and AMD Radeon R9 290 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 M365X

AMD Radeon R9 290

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M365X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later

Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 5 November 2013

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 947 MHz vs 900 MHz
4.1x more texture fill rate: 151.5 GTexel / s vs 37 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 2560 vs 640
4.1x better floating-point performance: 4,849 gflops vs 1,184 gflops
4.4x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1125 MHz
2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 102277 vs 36410
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 775 vs 446
5.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8313 vs 1482

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	947 MHz vs 900 MHz
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s vs 37 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 640
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops vs 1,184 gflops
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	102277 vs 36410
PassMark - G2D Mark	775 vs 446
PassMark - G3D Mark	8313 vs 1482

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M365X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

36410

102277

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

446

775

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1482

8313

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M365X	AMD Radeon R9 290
Geekbench - OpenCL	36410	102277
PassMark - G2D Mark	446	775
PassMark - G3D Mark	1482	8313
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		89.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1366.314
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		10.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		98.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		540.645
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3683

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M365X	AMD Radeon R9 290
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Tropo	Hawaii
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	5 November 2013
Place in performance rating	375	347
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Compute units	10
Core clock speed	900 MHz	947 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,184 gflops	4,849 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	2560
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s	151.5 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	6,200 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		275 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		275 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	320.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)