GeForce FX Go 5200 vs Radeon R9 290

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking257not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation7.89no data
Power efficiency5.30no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)no data
GPU code nameHawaiiNV31M
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date5 November 2013 (10 years ago)1 March 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores25605
Core clock speed947 MHz1 MHz
Boost clock speedno data300 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)275 Wattno data
Texture fill rate151.5no data
Floating-point processing power4.849 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs160no data

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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length275 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount4 GB32 MB
Memory bus width512 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz300 MHz
Memory bandwidth320.0 GB/sno data
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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)DDR
Shader Model6.3no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.131-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

R9 290 8093
+101063%
FX Go 5200 8

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 November 2013 1 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 32 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 150 nm

R9 290 has an age advantage of 10 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 290 and GeForce FX Go 5200. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 290 is a desktop card while GeForce FX Go 5200 is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon R9 290
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