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    Radeon R9 M290X vs Radeon RX Vega M GL 870

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon R9 M290X and Radeon RX Vega M GL 870, 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 M290X stacks up against Radeon RX Vega M GL 870, check out specs charts below.
    Radeon R9 M290X Check Price
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    Radeon R9 M290X and Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Radeon R9 M290X and Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 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 Vega M GL 870 here:

    Radeon R9 M290X Laptops
    Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon R9 M290X Radeon RX Vega M GL 870
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 HBM2
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Radeon R9 M290X and Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Radeon R9 M290X is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 - with Vega.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 is 81 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M290X.
    • Radeon R9 M290X is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 - by 14 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 16−18 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 10−11 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 16−18
    4K / 2160p 4−5 10−11
    low / 720p 30−35 60−65
    medium / 1080p 20−22 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 113% more, than Radeon R9 M290X.

    Full Specs

      Radeon R9 M290X Radeon RX Vega M GL 870
    Architecture GCN Vega
    Code name Neptune Vega Kaby Lake-G
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 7 January 2014 7 January 2018
    Pipelines 1280 1280
    Core clock speed 850 MHz 931 MHz
    Boost Clock 900 MHz 1011 MHz
    Transistor count 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 72.00
    Floating-point performance 2,304 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1200 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX DirectX 12_1
    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 large medium sized
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
    Compute units 20
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