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    FirePro V7900 vs Radeon R9 M290X

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro V7900 and Radeon R9 M290X, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro V7900 stacks up against Radeon R9 M290X, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon R9 M290X is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Radeon R9 M290X is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon R9 M290X here:

    Radeon R9 M290X Laptops

    Main Specs

      FirePro V7900 Radeon R9 M290X
    Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort No outputs
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    • FirePro V7900 has 51% more power consumption, than Radeon R9 M290X.
    • FirePro V7900 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 M290X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • Radeon R9 M290X has 2 GB more memory, than FirePro V7900.
    • FirePro V7900 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M290X - in Laptops.
    • FirePro V7900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Radeon R9 M290X - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M290X is 125 MHz higher, than FirePro V7900.
    • FirePro V7900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M290X - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of FirePro V7900 is 3800 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M290X.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 10−12 16−18
    ultra / 1080p 6−7 10−11
    QHD / 1440p 1−2 4−5
    4K / 2160p − 4−5
    low / 720p 24−27 30−35
    medium / 1080p 14−16 20−22
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M290X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 54% more, than FirePro V7900.

    Full Specs

      FirePro V7900 Radeon R9 M290X
    Architecture TeraScale 3 GCN
    Code name Cayman Neptune
    Type Workstation Laptop
    Release date 24 May 2011 7 January 2014
    Pipelines 1280 1280
    Core clock speed 725 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 900 MHz
    Transistor count 2,640 million 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 58.00 72.00
    Floating-point performance 1,856.0 gflops 2,304 gflops
    Length 279 mm
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1200 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 11.2 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.0 5.1
    OpenGL 4.4 4.4
    OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
    Vulkan N/A
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 171 Mh/s 300 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
    Compute units 20
    Form factor full height / full length
    StereoOutput3D +
    DisplayPort count 4
    Dual-link DVI support +
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