NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded vs AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded

AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded

39.3x more texture fill rate: 85.44 GTexel/s vs 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 28 nm
16.6x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 580 Watt

Texture fill rate	85.44 GTexel/s vs 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 580 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2

2.3x more core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 435 MHz
2.8x more pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 2048
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 2 GB
3.9x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 435 MHz
Pipelines	2x 2816 vs 2048
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Name	NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
PassMark - G2D Mark	424
PassMark - G3D Mark	6692
Geekbench - OpenCL	39778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		19.441

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 2.0
Code name	GA107S	Hawaii
Place in performance rating	289	292
Launch date		24 June 2014
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,399
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1335 MHz
Core clock speed	435 MHz	1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	85.44 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	5.468 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.468 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	2x 2816
Pixel fill rate	64.08 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	85.44 GTexel/s	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	580 Watt
Floating-point performance		2x 5,632 gflops
Transistor count		6,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	4x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	88.00 GB/s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective	5400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5