Radeon RX 570X Mobile vs R9 M290X Crossfire
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 349 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 6.60 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN (2012−2015) | Polaris (2016−2019) |
| GPU code name | Neptune CF | Polaris |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 March 2014 (11 years ago) | 10 January 2019 (6 years ago) |
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 cores | 2560 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 900 MHz | 1168 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2x 2800 Million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 65-110 Watt |
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).
| Laptop size | large | large |
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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2x 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 2x 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz | 7000 MHz |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| FreeSync | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (FL 11_1) | 12 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 March 2014 | 10 January 2019 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 65 Watt |
RX 570X Mobile has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 207.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire and Radeon RX 570X Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
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