Radeon R9 M290X Mac Edition vs GeForce GTX 260 216

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameGT200Pitcairn
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date16 September 2008 (16 years ago)23 November 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2161024
Core clock speed576 MHz850 MHz
Boost clock speedno data975 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)182 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate41.4762.40
Floating-point processing power0.5365 TFLOPS1.997 TFLOPS
ROPs2832
TMUs7264

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount896 MB2 GB
Memory bus width448 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed999 MHz1365 MHz
Memory bandwidth111.9 GB/s174.7 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 September 2008 23 November 2014
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt 80 Watt

R9 M290X Mac Edition has an age advantage of 6 years, a 128.6% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 132.1% more advanced lithography process, and 127.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 and Radeon R9 M290X Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 is a desktop graphics card while Radeon R9 M290X Mac Edition is a notebook one.

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