AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH vs AMD Radeon R9 290

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH 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: 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 Vega M GH

AMD Radeon R9 290

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1063 MHz vs 947 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 275 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 784 vs 775
Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8931 vs 6300
Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8931 vs 6300

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2018 vs 5 November 2013
Core clock speed	1063 MHz vs 947 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 275 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	784 vs 775
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8931 vs 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714 vs 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8931 vs 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714 vs 3711

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290

Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 151.5 GTexel / s vs 114.2 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 1536
Around 33% better floating-point performance: 4,849 gflops vs 3,656 gflops
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8314 vs 6559
3.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 102277 vs 27108
Around 27% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3684 vs 2911

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s vs 114.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 1536
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops vs 3,656 gflops
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8314 vs 6559
Geekbench - OpenCL	102277 vs 27108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3684 vs 2911

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6559

8314

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

784

775

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

27108

102277

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8931

6300

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3714

3711

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3354

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8931

6300

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3714

3711

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3354

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2911

3684

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH	AMD Radeon R9 290
PassMark - G3D Mark	6559	8314
PassMark - G2D Mark	784	775
Geekbench - OpenCL	27108	102277
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8931	6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8931	6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2911	3684
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH	AMD Radeon R9 290
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Polaris 22	Hawaii
Launch date	1 February 2018	5 November 2013
Place in performance rating	327	348
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1190 MHz
Core clock speed	1063 MHz	947 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,656 gflops	4,849 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1536	2560
Texture fill rate	114.2 GTexel / s	151.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	275 Watt
Transistor count		6,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		275 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB / s	320.0 GB / s
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Memory bus width		512 Bit
Technologies
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)