AMD Radeon R9 290X
VS
Qualcomm Adreno 680
AMD Radeon R9 290X
VS
Qualcomm Adreno 680

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 290X and Qualcomm Adreno 680. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

191
Place in performance rating
686
13.90
Value for money (0-100)
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GCN
Architecture
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Hawaii
Code name
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Desktop
Type
Laptop
24 October 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
6 December 2018 (3 years ago)
$549
Launch price (MSRP)
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$24 (0x MSRP)
Price now
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reference
Design
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35.36
Value for money
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Hawaii XT
GPU code name
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Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 290X and Qualcomm Adreno 680 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2816
Pipelines
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947 MHz
Boost Clock
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6,200 million
Transistor count
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28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
250 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
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176.0
Texture fill rate
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5,632 gflops
Floating-point performance
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2816
Pipelines / CUDA cores
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947 MHz
Boost clock speed
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6,200 million
Number of transistors
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250 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R9 290X and Qualcomm Adreno 680.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
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275 mm
Length
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1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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PCIe 3.0
Bus support
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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 Radeon R9 290X and Qualcomm Adreno 680 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
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4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
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512 Bit
Memory bus width
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1250 MHz
Memory clock speed
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320 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 290X and Qualcomm Adreno 680, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
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Eyefinity
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+
HDMI
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+
DisplayPort support
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Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 290X and Qualcomm Adreno 680 is the additional functionality.

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AppAcceleration
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1
CrossFire
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1
FreeSync
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HD3D
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1
LiquidVR
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-
PowerTune
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1
TressFX
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+
TrueAudio
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-
ZeroCore
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DDMA audio
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-
Enduro
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UVD
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 290X and Qualcomm Adreno 680. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
DirectX 12
4.6
OpenGL
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Vulkan
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6.3
Shader Model
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2.0
OpenCL
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-
Mantle
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 290X and Qualcomm Adreno 680 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 Radeon R9 290X or Qualcomm Adreno 680 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 290X
Qualcomm Adreno 680
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 290X
Qualcomm Adreno 680
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 290X
Qualcomm Adreno 680
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 290X
Qualcomm Adreno 680
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 290X
Qualcomm Adreno 680
Legend
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 Radeon R9 290X

31.19% faster in synthetic tests

Advantages of Qualcomm Adreno 680

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 28 nm)

So, AMD Radeon R9 290X or Qualcomm Adreno 680?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 290X .

AMD Radeon R9 290X versus Qualcomm Adreno 680 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R9 290X
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