AMD Radeon R9 M290X: specs and benchmarks

Summary

AMD started Radeon R9 M290X sales 7 January 2014. This is GCN architecture notebook card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 4 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.2 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 153.6 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 100 Watt.

General info

Of Radeon R9 M290X's architecture, market segment and release date.

Place in performance rating	372
Value for money	1.32
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	Neptune
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2014 (8 years ago)
Price now	$613	of 49999 (A100 SXM4)

Technical specs

Radeon R9 M290X's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon R9 M290X's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1280	of 18432 (AD102)
Compute units	20
Core clock speed	850 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	900 MHz	of 2903 (Radeon Pro W6600)
Number of transistors	2,800 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	of 4 (H100 PCIe)
Thermal design power (TDP)	100 Watt	of 900 (Tesla S2050)
Texture fill rate	72.00	of 939.8 (H100 SXM5)
Floating-point performance	2,304 gflops	of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on Radeon R9 M290X's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large
Bus support	PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on Radeon R9 M290X: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	of 19500 (GeForce RTX 3090)
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260)
Shared memory	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon R9 M290X. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.

Display Connectors	No outputs
Eyefinity	1

Technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by Radeon R9 M290X. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	-
Enduro	-
FreeSync	1
HD3D	+
PowerTune	+
DualGraphics	1
TrueAudio	-
ZeroCore	+
Switchable graphics	1

API support

APIs supported by Radeon R9 M290X, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	DirectX® 11
Shader Model	5.1
OpenGL	4.4	of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile)
OpenCL	Not Listed
Mantle	+

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance of Radeon R9 M290X. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

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Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of Radeon R9 M290X. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)

300 Mh/s

Game benchmarks

Let's see how good Radeon R9 M290X is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD

48

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12
Battlefield 5	10−12
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12
Far Cry 5	10−12
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12
Forza Horizon 4	10−12
Hitman 3	10−12
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12
Battlefield 5	10−12
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12
Far Cry 5	10−12
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12
Forza Horizon 4	10−12
Hitman 3	10−12
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12
Metro Exodus	10−12
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12
Battlefield 5	10−12
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12
Far Cry 5	10−12
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12
Forza Horizon 4	10−12
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12
Hitman 3	10−12
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12
Metro Exodus	10−12
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12
Battlefield 5	10−12
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12
Far Cry 5	10−12
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12
Forza Horizon 4	10−12
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12
Hitman 3	10−12
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12
Metro Exodus	10−12
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12
Battlefield 5	10−12
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12
Far Cry 5	10−12
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12
Forza Horizon 4	10−12
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12

Relative perfomance

Overall Radeon R9 M290X performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook video cards.

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