General info
The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Ellesmere and AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.
Technical specs
Choose the best graphics card between AMD Ellesmere and AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Ellesmere and AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire.
Memory
Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Ellesmere and AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire can be seen in this section.
API support
The difference in supported APIs is AMD Ellesmere and AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.
Gaming performance
Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Ellesmere and AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Ellesmere or AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire good for gaming.
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1280x720 |
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1920x1080 |
high
1920x1080 |
ultra
1920x1080 |
QHD
2560x1440 |
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3840x2160 |
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| Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) | AMD Ellesmere | ||||||
| AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire | |||||||
| Death Stranding (2020) | AMD Ellesmere | ||||||
| AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire | |||||||
| F1 2020 (2020) | AMD Ellesmere | ||||||
| AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire | |||||||
| Gears Tactics (2020) | AMD Ellesmere | ||||||
| AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire | |||||||
| Doom Eternal (2020) | AMD Ellesmere | ||||||
| AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire | |||||||
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| 5 | Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags. |
| May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags. | |
| 30 | Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps) |
| 40 | Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps) |
| 60 | Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps) |
| May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game. | |
| ? | Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation. |
| Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible. | |
| The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results. | |
Advantages of AMD Ellesmere
Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)
Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire
36.33% faster in synthetic tests
More pipelines (2560 vs 2304)
So, AMD Ellesmere or AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire?
Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire .
AMD Ellesmere versus AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire performance benchmarks comparison
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