NVIDIA CMP 30HX vs AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA CMP 30HX and AMD Radeon R9 290X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

NVIDIA CMP 30HX

AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA CMP 30HX

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 53% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1000 MHz
72.2x more texture fill rate: 157.1 GTexel/s vs 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
4.6x lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 580 Watt

Launch date	25 Feb 2021 vs 24 June 2014
Core clock speed	1530 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	157.1 GTexel/s vs 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt vs 580 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2

4x more pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 1408
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 6 GB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Pipelines	2x 2816 vs 1408
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA CMP 30HX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Name	NVIDIA CMP 30HX	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
Geekbench - OpenCL	68128
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		19.441

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA CMP 30HX	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 2.0
Code name	TU116	Hawaii
Launch date	25 Feb 2021	24 June 2014
Place in performance rating	294	275
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,399
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1785 MHz
Core clock speed	1530 MHz	1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1408	2x 2816
Pixel fill rate	85.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	157.1 GTexel/s	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt	580 Watt
Transistor count	6600 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		2x 5,632 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	4x 8-pin
Width	111 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	5400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5