Radeon R9 290X vs RX 480 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	286
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	4.82
Power efficiency	no data	4.59
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code name	Ellesmere	Hawaii
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Design	no data	reference
Release date	4 August 2016 (8 years ago)	24 October 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$450	$549

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	2304	2816
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1077 MHz	947 MHz
Number of transistors	5,700 million	6,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	250 Watt
Texture fill rate	155.1	176.0
Floating-point processing power	4.963 TFLOPS	5.632 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	64
TMUs	144	176

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	no data
Bus support	no data	PCIe 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	275 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin

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	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	320 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity	-	+
HDMI	-	+
DisplayPort support	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	-	+
CrossFire	-	+
FreeSync	-	+
HD3D	-	+
LiquidVR	-	+
TressFX	-	+
TrueAudio	-	+
UVD	-	+
DDMA audio	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	DirectX® 12
Shader Model	6.4	6.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	4 August 2016	24 October 2013
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	250 Watt

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