AMD Radeon R9 M290X vs AMD Radeon HD 8970M

AMD Radeon R9 M290X
AMD Radeon HD 8970M
1280 Shaders
4GB GDDR5
900MHz
1280 Shaders
4GB GDDR5
900MHz
FP32
2.3 TFLOPS
FP32
2.3 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
100W
TDP
100W
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
GCN 1
Architecture
GCN 1
Family
Radeon R 200
Family
Radeon HD 8000
Codename
Pitcairn
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Variant
Neptune XT
Codename
Pitcairn
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Variant
Neptune XT
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
5/31/2014
Release Date
1/8/2013
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
212 mm²
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Die Size
212 mm²
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Transistor Count
2.8 Billion
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Transistor Count
2.8 Billion
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Transistor Density
13.21M/mm²
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Transistor Density
13.21M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
1280 Shaders
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Shading Units
1280 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Compute Units
20 CUs
Compute Units
20 CUs
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850MHz Base
900MHz
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850MHz Base
900MHz
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FP32
2.3 TFLOPS
FP32
2.3 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.14 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.14 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
28.8 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
28.8 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
72 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
72 GTexel/s
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
512KB Shared
L2
512KB Shared
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4GB
GDDR5
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4GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1200MHz
Transfer Rate
4.8GT/s
Bandwidth
153.6GB/s
Clock
1200MHz
Transfer Rate
4.8GT/s
Bandwidth
153.6GB/s
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TDP
100W
TDP
100W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
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Model
VCE 1.0
Model
VCE 1.0
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
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Model
UVD 4.0
Model
UVD 4.0
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_1
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
6
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Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
6
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Not a Card
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Not a Card
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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