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    GeForce GTX 1070 mobile vs Radeon R9 M290X

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1070 mobile 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 GeForce GTX 1070 mobile stacks up against Radeon R9 M290X, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTX 1070 mobile and Radeon R9 M290X are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 1070 mobile 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 GeForce GTX 1070 mobile or Radeon R9 M290X here:

    GeForce GTX 1070 mobile Laptops
    Radeon R9 M290X Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 1070 mobile Radeon R9 M290X
    Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile has 20% more power consumption, than Radeon R9 M290X.
    • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
    • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 M290X.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R9 M290X - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is 656 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M290X.
    • GeForce GTX 1070 mobile is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M290X - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 M290X is 1192 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 1070 mobile.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 50−55 16−18
    ultra / 1080p 35−40 10−11
    QHD / 1440p 27−30 4−5
    4K / 2160p 16−18 4−5
    low / 720p 80−85 30−35
    medium / 1080p 60−65 20−22
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1070 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 206% more, than Radeon R9 M290X.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 1070 mobile Radeon R9 M290X
    Architecture Pascal GCN
    Code name N17E-G2 Neptune
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 1 September 2016 7 January 2014
    Pipelines 2048 1280
    Core clock speed 1506 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 1645 MHz 900 MHz
    Transistor count 7,200 million 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 210.6 72.00
    Floating-point performance 6,738 gflops 2,304 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 8 GB/s 1200 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    G-SYNC support +
    VR Ready +
    DirectX 12 (12_1)
    Shader Model 6.4 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5 4.4
    OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
    Vulkan 1.2.131
    CUDA +
    FreeSync +
    CUDA cores 1920
    Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
    SLI options +
    Multi monitor support +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 300 Mh/s
    Laptop size large large
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
    Compute units 20
    GPU Boost 3.0
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