E8950 vs R9 290

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Combined performance score

R9 290
20.88
+47.7%

R9 290 outperforms E8950 by 48% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking242340
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money12.45no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)GCN 3.0 (2014−2017)
GPU code nameHawaiiAmethyst
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date5 November 2013 (10 years old)29 September 2015 (8 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.

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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 cores25602048
Core clock speed947 MHz735 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1000 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)275 Watt95 Watt
Texture fill rate151.5128.0
Floating-point performance4,849 gflops4,096 gflops

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length275 mmno data
Width2-slotMXM Module
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed5000 MHz6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth320.0 GB/s192.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.36.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 20.88 14.14
Recency 5 November 2013 29 September 2015
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 275 Watt 95 Watt

The Radeon R9 290 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon E8950 in performance tests.


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