GeForce4 448 Go vs Radeon R9 290

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	244	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	12.45	no data
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	Hawaii	NV18 A4
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	5 November 2013 (10 years ago)	1 March 2002 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	no data
Current price	$20 (0.1x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

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	200 MHz
Number of transistors	6,200 million	29 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	275 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	151.5	0.8
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops	no 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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	275 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	no 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 type	GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	64 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

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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	8.0
Shader Model	6.3	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
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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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	5 November 2013	1 March 2002
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	150 nm

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