AMD Radeon RX 5600M vs AMD Radeon R9 290X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5600M and AMD Radeon R9 290X 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, 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, 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).

AMD Radeon RX 5600M

AMD Radeon R9 290X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 34% higher boost clock speed: 1265 MHz vs 947 MHz
1035.2x more texture fill rate: 182.2 GTexel/s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
9.6x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Around 35% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57191 vs 42508
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11117 vs 8729
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8904 vs 7055
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7694 vs 3353
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11117 vs 8729
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8904 vs 7055
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7694 vs 3353
Around 49% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5888 vs 3952

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Jan 2020 vs 24 October 2013
Boost clock speed	1265 MHz vs 947 MHz
Texture fill rate	182.2 GTexel/s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8669 vs 8644
Geekbench - OpenCL	57191 vs 42508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11117 vs 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8904 vs 7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7694 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11117 vs 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8904 vs 7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7694 vs 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5888 vs 3952

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

Around 22% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 2304
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 770 vs 492

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2816 vs 2304
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	770 vs 492

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5600M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8669

8644

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

492

770

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

57191

42508

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11117

8729

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8904

7055

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7694

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11117

8729

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8904

7055

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7694

3353

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

5888

3952

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5600M	AMD Radeon R9 290X
PassMark - G3D Mark	8669	8644
PassMark - G2D Mark	492	770
Geekbench - OpenCL	57191	42508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11117	8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8904	7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7694	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11117	8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8904	7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7694	3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5888	3952
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		114.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		628.757

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5600M	AMD Radeon R9 290X
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA	GCN 2.0
Code name	Navi 10	Hawaii
Launch date	7 Jan 2020	24 October 2013
Place in performance rating	210	287
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$549
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1265 MHz	947 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2304	2816
Texture fill rate	182.2 GTexel/s	176.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	10300 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		5,632 gflops
Stream Processors		2560
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		275 mm
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	320 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)