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    Radeon R9 M290X vs Radeon RX 5500M

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon R9 M290X and Radeon RX 5500M. 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 R9 M290X and Radeon RX 5500M. 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 R9 M290X and Radeon RX 5500M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Radeon R9 M290X and Radeon RX 5500M 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 R9 M290X or Radeon RX 5500M here:

    Radeon R9 M290X Laptops
    Radeon RX 5500M Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon R9 M290X Radeon RX 5500M
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 85 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors None None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Radeon R9 M290X has 17% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 5500M.
    • Radeon R9 M290X is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 5500M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
    • Radeon R9 M290X and Radeon RX 5500M have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Radeon R9 M290X is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon RX 5500M - with Navi / RDNA.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 5500M is 477 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M290X.
    • Radeon R9 M290X is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 5500M - by 7 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 5500M is 12800 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M290X.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 16−18 21−24
    ultra / 1080p 10−11 12−14
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 7−8
    4K / 2160p 4−5 5−6
    low / 720p 30−35 40−45
    medium / 1080p 20−22 24−27
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5500M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 26% more, than Radeon R9 M290X.

    Full Specs

      Radeon R9 M290X Radeon RX 5500M
    Architecture GCN Navi / RDNA
    Code name Neptune Navi 14 / R19M-E85
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 7 January 2014 29 September 2019
    Pipelines 1280 1408
    Core clock speed 850 MHz 1327 MHz
    Boost Clock 900 MHz 1645 MHz
    Transistor count 2,800 million 6,400 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 7 nm
    Texture fill rate 72.00 144.8
    Floating-point performance 2,304 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1200 MHz 14000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 224.0 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (12_1)
    Shader Model 5.1 6.5
    OpenGL 4.4 4.6
    OpenCL Not Listed 2.0
    Vulkan 1.2.131
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 300 Mh/s
    Laptop size large medium sized
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
    Compute units 20
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