ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5670 Mac Edition vs R9 290

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking299not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.92no data
Power efficiency5.35no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameHawaiiMadison
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date5 November 2013 (11 years ago)22 April 2010 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores2560400
Core clock speed947 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million627 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)275 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate151.513.00
Floating-point processing power4.849 TFLOPS0.52 TFLOPS
ROPs648
TMUs16020

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB512 MB
Memory bus width512 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz795 MHz
Memory bandwidth320.0 GB/s25.44 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model6.35.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 November 2013 22 April 2010
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 275 Watt 15 Watt

R9 290 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

ATI Mobility HD 5670 Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 1733.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 290 and Mobility Radeon HD 5670 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 290 is a desktop graphics card while Mobility Radeon HD 5670 Mac Edition is a notebook one.

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