Radeon R9 M290X Mac Edition vs GeForce GTX 750 Ti

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	445	not rated
Place by popularity	31	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.78	no data
Power efficiency	11.65	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code name	GM107	Pitcairn
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	18 February 2014 (10 years ago)	23 November 2014 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	640	1024
Core clock speed	1020 MHz	850 MHz
Boost clock speed	1085 MHz	975 MHz
Number of transistors	1,870 million	2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	80 Watt
Texture fill rate	43.40	62.40
Floating-point processing power	1.389 TFLOPS	1.997 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	32
TMUs	40	64

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).

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5.4 GB/s	1365 MHz
Memory bandwidth	86.4 GB/s	174.7 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One mini-HDMI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	+	-
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu Ray 3D	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-
3D Vision	+	-
3D Vision Live	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	18 February 2014	23 November 2014
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	80 Watt

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