Radeon R9 290 and GeForce 9800 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon R9 290 vs GeForce 9800 GT
Radeon R9 290
8336
GeForce 9800 GT
492
Radeon R9 290
GeForce 9800 GT
Architecture
GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
Hawaii
G92
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2013
July 2008
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
2x 6-pin
SLI options
-
+
Core clock speed
947 MHz
600 MHz
CUDA cores
-
112
Floating-point performance
4,849 gflops
336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
6,200 million
754 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
112
Power consumption (TDP)
275 Watt
105 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105 °C
Texture fill rate
151.5
33.6 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
512 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
320.0 GB/s
57.6 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDTVDual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
S/PDIF
DirectX
12 (12_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
-
+
OpenCL
2.0
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
2.1
Shader Model
6.3
4.0
Vulkan
1.2.131
N/A