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    Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge vs Radeon R9 M290X

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge 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 Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge 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.
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    Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge and Radeon R9 M290X are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge 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 R5 Bristol Ridge or Radeon R9 M290X here:

    Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge Laptops
    Radeon R9 M290X Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge Radeon R9 M290X
    Power consumption (TDP) 12-45 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 R5 Bristol Ridge.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge is build with GCN 1.2/2.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 M290X - with GCN.
    • Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge and Radeon R9 M290X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 3−4 16−18
    ultra / 1080p 1−2 10−11
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
    4K / 2160p − 4−5
    low / 720p 14−16 30−35
    medium / 1080p 5−6 20−22
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M290X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 233% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.

    Full Specs

      Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge Radeon R9 M290X
    Architecture GCN 1.2/2.0 GCN
    Code name Bristol Ridge Neptune
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 1 June 2016 7 January 2014
    Pipelines 384 1280
    Core clock speed 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 800 MHz 900 MHz
    Transistor count 3100 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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