NVIDIA NVS 810 vs AMD Radeon R9 M290X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 810 and AMD Radeon R9 M290X 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, 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).

NVIDIA NVS 810

AMD Radeon R9 M290X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 810

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 6% higher core clock speed: 902 MHz vs 850 MHz
Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 1033 MHz vs 900 MHz
3.2x more texture fill rate: 2x 33.06 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 72 GTexel / s
Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 68 Watt vs 100 Watt
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 3% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 24237 vs 23558

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 November 2015 vs 9 January 2014
Core clock speed	902 MHz vs 850 MHz
Boost clock speed	1033 MHz vs 900 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 33.06 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	68 Watt vs 100 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	24237 vs 23558

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M290X

Around 25% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 2x 512
Around 9% better floating-point performance: 2,304 gflops vs 2x 1,058 gflops
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3282 vs 1190
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 426 vs 295

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1280 vs 2x 512
Floating-point performance	2,304 gflops vs 2x 1,058 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3282 vs 1190
PassMark - G2D Mark	426 vs 295

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 810
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M290X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1190

3282

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

295

426

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

24237

23558

Name	NVIDIA NVS 810	AMD Radeon R9 M290X
PassMark - G3D Mark	1190	3282
PassMark - G2D Mark	295	426
Geekbench - OpenCL	24237	23558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		51.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		936.497
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.62
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		77.584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		267.307
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2526
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2526

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA NVS 810	AMD Radeon R9 M290X
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM107	Neptune
Launch date	4 November 2015	9 January 2014
Place in performance rating	583	586
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1033 MHz	900 MHz
Core clock speed	902 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 1,058 gflops	2,304 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2x 512	1280
Texture fill rate	2x 33.06 GTexel / s billion / sec	72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	68 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	2,800 million
Compute units		20
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	8x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Mantle
OpenCL		Not Listed
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 14.4 GB / s	153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width	2x 64 Bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore