Radeon R9 290X vs Tesla M10

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon R9 290X and Tesla M10, 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 R9 290X stacks up against Tesla M10, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Radeon R9 290X Tesla M10
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Radeon R9 290X has 11% more power consumption, than Tesla M10.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Tesla M10 has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 290X.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon R9 290X is build with GCN architecture, and Tesla M10 - with Maxwell.
  • Radeon R9 290X and Tesla M10 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon R9 290X is 8 mm longer, than Tesla M10.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla M10 is 3950 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 290X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 18−20
ultra / 1080p 24−27 10−11
QHD / 1440p 18−20 4−5
4K / 2160p 10−11 4−5
low / 720p 60−65 35−40
medium / 1080p 45−50 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 290X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 106% more, than Tesla M10.

Full Specs

  Radeon R9 290X Tesla M10
Architecture GCN Maxwell
Code name Hawaii XT GM107
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 24 October 2013 18 May 2016
Pipelines 2816 640
Core clock speed 1033 MHz
Boost Clock 947 MHz 1306 MHz
Transistor count 6,200 million 1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 176.0 52.24
Floating-point performance 5,632 gflops 4x 1,672 gflops
Length 275 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 512 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1250 MHz 5200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s 83.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 6.3 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
Vulkan + 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.76 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 623 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
TrueAudio +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 1.07 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 25.75 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 350 Sol/s
AppAcceleration +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
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