Radeon R9 290X and GeForce GTX 560M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon R9 290X vs GeForce GTX 560M
Radeon R9 290X
7648
GeForce GTX 560M
1281
Radeon R9 290X
GeForce GTX 560M
Architecture
GCN (2011−2017)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
Hawaii XT
N12E-GS
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
October 2013
May 2011
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
None
SLI options
-
2-way
Boost clock speed
947 MHz
-
Core clock speed
-
775 MHz
CUDA cores
-
192
Floating-point performance
5,632 gflops
595.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
6,200 million
1,170 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2816
192
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
75 Watt
Texture fill rate
176.0
24.8 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
512 Bit
Up to 192 Bit
Memory clock speed
1250 MHz
1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
Up to 60 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
No outputs
Eyefinity
+
-
HDMI
+
-
DisplayPort support
+
-
DirectX
DirectX® 12
12 API
CUDA
-
+
Mantle
-
-
OpenCL
2.0
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.5
Shader Model
6.3
5.1
Vulkan
+
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
3D Gaming
-
+
AppAcceleration
+
-
CrossFire
1
-
DDMA audio
+
-
Enduro
-
-
FreeSync
1
-
HD3D
+
-
LiquidVR
1
-
Optimus
-
+
PowerTune
-
-
TressFX
1
-
TrueAudio
+
-
UVD
+
-
ZeroCore
-
-