AMD Radeon R9 M290X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

AMD Radeon R9 M290X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
1280 Shaders
4GB GDDR5
900MHz
1344 Shaders
3GB GDDR5
941MHz
Peak AI Performance
2.3 TFLOPS
FP32
Peak AI Performance
2.53 TOPS
INT32
FP32
2.3 TFLOPS
FP32
2.53 TFLOPS
Form Factor
Soldered
Form Factor
Soldered
TDP
100W
TDP
110W

Peak AI Performance

  • 9% slower vs GeForce GTX 870M
  • 10% faster vs Radeon R9 M290X
Radeon R9 M290X - 2.3 TFLOPS FP32
x1
GeForce GTX 870M - 2.53 TOPS INT32
x1.1

FP32

  • 9% slower vs GeForce GTX 870M
  • 10% faster vs Radeon R9 M290X
Radeon R9 M290X - 2.3 TFLOPS FP32
x1
GeForce GTX 870M - 2.53 TFLOPS FP32
x1.1
  • 28% faster vs GeForce GTX 870M
  • 22% slower vs Radeon R9 M290X
Radeon R9 M290X - 153.6GB/s
x1.28
GeForce GTX 870M - 120GB/s
x1
  • 9% lower vs GeForce GTX 870M
  • 10% higher vs Radeon R9 M290X
Radeon R9 M290X - 100W
x1
GeForce GTX 870M - 110W
x1.1
  • 86% faster vs GeForce GTX 870M
  • 46% slower vs Radeon R9 M290X
Radeon R9 M290X - GB6 OpenCL 22,790
x1.86
GeForce GTX 870M - GB6 OpenCL 12,250
x1
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
GCN 1
Architecture
Kepler
Family
Radeon R 200
Family
GeForce 800
Codename
Pitcairn
-
Variant
Neptune XT
Codename
NVE4
GK104
-
-
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
5/31/2014
Release Date
3/12/2014
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
28nm
Fabrication Node
28nm
Die Size
212 mm²
Die Size
294 mm²
Transistor Count
2.8 Billion
Transistor Count
3.5 Billion
Transistor Density
13.21M/mm²
Transistor Density
12.04M/mm²
Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
1280 Shaders
Shading Units
1344 Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
112 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
24 ROPs
-
-
Streaming Multiprocessors
7 SMs
Compute Units
20 CUs
-
-
850MHz Base
900MHz
-
941MHz
Peak AI Performance
2.3 TFLOPS
FP32
Peak AI Performance
2.53 TOPS
INT32
FP32
2.3 TFLOPS
FP32
2.53 TFLOPS
FP64
140 GFLOPS
FP64
110 GFLOPS
-
-
INT32
2.53 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
28.8 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
22.584 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate
72 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
105.392 GTexel/s
L1
-
-
16KB/CU
L1
48KB/SM Tex
16KB/SM
-
L2
512KB Shared
L2
512KB Shared
4GB
GDDR5
3GB
GDDR5
Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
1200MHz
Transfer Rate
4.8GT/s
Bandwidth
153.6GB/s
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
120GB/s
TDP
100W
TDP
110W
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
-
-
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
Model
VCE 1.0
Model
NVENC 1
Codec
AVC (H.264)
Codec
AVC (H.264)
Model
UVD 4.0
Model
NVDEC 1
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
AVC (H.264)
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
AVC (H.264)
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_1
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.5
-
-
GFX
6
-
-
-
-
Shader Model
6.5
CUDA
3.0
-
-
PureVideo HD
VP5
VDPAU
Feature Set D
Not a Card
Not a Card
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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