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    Radeon R9 M290X vs Radeon RX Vega M GH

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

    Note: Radeon R9 M290X and Radeon RX Vega M GH 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 GH here:

    Radeon R9 M290X Laptops
    Radeon RX Vega M GH Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon R9 M290X Radeon RX Vega M GH
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 IGP
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 HBM2
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 100 Watt.
    • Radeon R9 M290X is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX Vega M GH uses IGP interface.
    • Radeon R9 M290X and Radeon RX Vega M GH 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 GH - with Vega.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon RX Vega M GH is 213 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M290X.
    • Radeon R9 M290X is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX Vega M GH - by 14 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX Vega M GH is 400 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M290X.

    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 GH in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 113% more, than Radeon R9 M290X.

    Full Specs

      Radeon R9 M290X Radeon RX Vega M GH
    Architecture GCN Vega
    Code name Neptune Vega Kaby Lake-G
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 7 January 2014 7 January 2018
    Pipelines 1280 1536
    Core clock speed 850 MHz 1063 MHz
    Boost Clock 900 MHz 1190 MHz
    Transistor count 2,800 million 5,000 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 72.00 114.2
    Floating-point performance 2,304 gflops 3,656 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 1024 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1200 MHz 1600 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 204.8 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (12_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 6.4
    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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