Radeon R9 255 OEM vs HD 7290
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1335 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.12 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) |
| GPU code name | Loveland | Cape Verde |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 6 June 2012 (12 years ago) | 21 December 2013 (10 years ago) |
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 | 80 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 400 MHz | 930 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 450 million | 1,500 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 18 Watt | 65 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 3.200 | 29.76 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.064 TFLOPS | 0.9523 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 |
| TMUs | 8 | 32 |
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).
| Interface | IGP | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin |
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 | System Shared | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1150 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 73.6 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 | No outputs | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 June 2012 | 21 December 2013 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 18 Watt | 65 Watt |
HD 7290 has 261.1% lower power consumption.
R9 255 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7290 and Radeon R9 255 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 7290 is a notebook card while Radeon R9 255 OEM is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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