AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire
VS
AMD Radeon R9 370
AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire
VS
AMD Radeon R9 370

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire and AMD Radeon R9 370. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

183
Place in performance rating
267
GCN
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Neptune CF
Code name
Trinidad
Laptop
Type
Desktop
1 March 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
5 May 2015 (6 years ago)
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Price now
$248
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Value for money
13.35
Neptune CF
GPU code name
Trinidad
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire and AMD Radeon R9 370 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2560
Pipelines
1280
850 MHz
Core clock speed
925 MHz
900 MHz
Boost Clock
975 MHz
2x 2800 Million
Transistor count
2,800 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
200 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
110 Watt
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Texture fill rate
78.00
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Floating-point performance
2,496 gflops
2560
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
900 MHz
Boost clock speed
975 MHz
2x 2800 Million
Number of transistors
2,800 million
200 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
110 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire and AMD Radeon R9 370.

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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
221 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
large
Laptop size
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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 M290X Crossfire and AMD Radeon R9 370 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2x 4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
2x 256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
4800 MHz
Memory clock speed
5600 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
179.2 GB/s
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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 M290X Crossfire and AMD Radeon R9 370, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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HDMI
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire and AMD Radeon R9 370. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 12 (FL 11_1), Shader 5.0
DirectX
12 (11_1)
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OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire and AMD Radeon R9 370 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 M290X Crossfire or AMD Radeon R9 370 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire
AMD Radeon R9 370
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire
AMD Radeon R9 370
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire
AMD Radeon R9 370
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire
AMD Radeon R9 370
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire
AMD Radeon R9 370
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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 Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire

14.5% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2560 vs 1280)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 370

Less power consumption (110 Watt vs 200 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire or AMD Radeon R9 370?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire .

AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire versus AMD Radeon R9 370 performance benchmarks comparison

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