Product Compare
AMD Radeon R9 M290X vs ATI Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition
| GPU | GPU | |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics Card | ||
| Release Date | Jan 2014 | Jun 2010 |
| Generation | Gem System | Evergreen |
| Type | Mobile | Desktop |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Clock Speeds | ||
| Base Clock | 850 MHz | |
| Boost Clock | 900 MHz | |
| Memory Clock | 1200 MHz | 1195 MHz |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Size | 4GB | 1024MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | 256bit | 256bit |
| Bandwidth | 153.6GB/s | 153.0GB/s |
| Render Config | ||
| Compute Units | 20 | 20 |
| Shading Units | 1280 | 1600 |
| TMUs | 80 | 80 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| L1 Cache | 16 KB (per CU) | 8 KB (per CU) |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 512 KB |
| Theoretical Performance | ||
| Pixel Rate | 28.80 GPixel/s | 27.20 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 72.00 GTexel/s | 68.00 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) | 2.304 TFLOPS | 2.720 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) | 144.0 GFLOPS | 544.0 GFLOPS |
| Graphics Processor | ||
| GPU Name | Neptune | Cypress |
| GPU Variant | Neptune XT(216-0847000) | Cypress XT(215-0735033) |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | TeraScale 2 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Process Size | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Transistors | 2.8 billion | 2.154 billion |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | 334 mm² |
| Board Design | ||
| TDP | 100W | 228W |
| Outputs | Portable Device Dependent | 1x DVI2x mini-DisplayPort 1.1 |
| Power Connectors | None | 2x 6-pin |
| Suggested PSU | 550 W | |
| Graphics Features | ||
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 (1.2) | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.170 | N/A |
| Shader Model | 6.5 (5.1) | 5.0 |