NVS 810 vs Radeon R9 M290X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing NVS 810 and Radeon R9 M290X. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between NVS 810 and Radeon R9 M290X. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

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:

Main Specs

  NVS 810 Radeon R9 M290X
Power consumption (TDP) 68 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 8x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Radeon R9 M290X has 47% more power consumption, than NVS 810.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon R9 M290X has 2 GB more memory, than NVS 810.
  • NVS 810 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M290X - in Laptops.
  • NVS 810 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R9 M290X - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of NVS 810 is 52 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M290X.
  • NVS 810 and Radeon R9 M290X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of NVS 810 is 600 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M290X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 16−18
ultra / 1080p 1−2 10−11
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 12−14 30−35
medium / 1080p 4−5 20−22
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M290X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 300% more, than NVS 810.

Full Specs

  NVS 810 Radeon R9 M290X
Architecture Maxwell GCN
Code name GM107 Neptune
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 4 November 2015 7 January 2014
Pipelines 512 1280
Core clock speed 902 MHz 850 MHz
Boost Clock 1033 MHz 900 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 33.06 72.00
Floating-point performance 2x 1,058 gflops 2,304 gflops
Length 198 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 300 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
Compute units 20
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