NVIDIA CMP 30HX vs AMD Radeon R9 290X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA CMP 30HX 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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.

NVIDIA CMP 30HX

AMD Radeon R9 290X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA CMP 30HX

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 88% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 947 MHz
892.6x more texture fill rate: 157.1 GTexel/s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1250 MHz
Around 57% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 68128 vs 43456

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 Feb 2021 vs 24 October 2013
Boost clock speed	1785 MHz vs 947 MHz
Texture fill rate	157.1 GTexel/s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	68128 vs 43456

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

2x more pipelines: 2816 vs 1408

Pipelines	2816 vs 1408

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA CMP 30HX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

68128

43456

Name	NVIDIA CMP 30HX	AMD Radeon R9 290X
Geekbench - OpenCL	68128	43456
PassMark - G3D Mark		8618
PassMark - G2D Mark		765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		117.322
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3925

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA CMP 30HX	AMD Radeon R9 290X
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 2.0
Code name	TU116	Hawaii
Launch date	25 Feb 2021	24 October 2013
Place in performance rating	299	301
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$549
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1785 MHz	947 MHz
Core clock speed	1530 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1408	2816
Pixel fill rate	85.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	157.1 GTexel/s	176.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	6600 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		5,632 gflops
Stream Processors		2560
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	35 mm, 1.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	229 mm, 9 inches	275 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Width	111 mm, 4.4 inches
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	12
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	320 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	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)