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    Radeon R7 Carrizo vs Radeon R9 M290X

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon R7 Carrizo 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 Radeon R7 Carrizo stacks up against Radeon R9 M290X, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon R7 Carrizo and Radeon R9 M290X are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Radeon R7 Carrizo and Radeon R9 M290X are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 R7 Carrizo or Radeon R9 M290X here:

    Radeon R7 Carrizo Laptops
    Radeon R9 M290X Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon R7 Carrizo Radeon R9 M290X
    Power consumption (TDP) 12-35 Watt 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Radeon R9 M290X has 733% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 Carrizo.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Radeon R7 Carrizo is build with GCN 1.2/2.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 M290X - with GCN.
    • Radeon R7 Carrizo and Radeon R9 M290X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 2−3 16−18
    ultra / 1080p 0−1 10−11
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
    4K / 2160p − 4−5
    low / 720p 12−14 30−35
    medium / 1080p 5−6 20−22
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M290X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 228% more, than Radeon R7 Carrizo.

    Full Specs

      Radeon R7 Carrizo Radeon R9 M290X
    Architecture GCN 1.2/2.0 GCN
    Code name Carrizo Neptune
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 4 June 2015 7 January 2014
    Pipelines 512 1280
    Core clock speed 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 800 MHz 900 MHz
    Transistor count 2410 Million 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 72.00
    Floating-point performance 2,304 gflops
    Memory bus width 64/128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1200 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory + -
    DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.4
    OpenCL Not Listed
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 300 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized large
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
    Compute units 20
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