GeForce PCX 5300 vs Radeon R9 290

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	243	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	12.45	no data
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name	Hawaii	NV37
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	5 November 2013 (10 years old)	17 February 2004 (20 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	no data
Current price	$20 (0.1x MSRP)	no data

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2560	no data
Core clock speed	947 MHz	250 MHz
Number of transistors	6,200 million	45 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	275 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	151.5	1.000
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops	no data

Size and 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	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	275 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None

Memory

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	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	512 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	320.0 GB/s	6.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	9.0a
Shader Model	6.3	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.5 (2.1)
OpenCL	2.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	5 November 2013	17 February 2004
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	150 nm

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