AMD Radeon R9 M290X
VS
Intel UHD Graphics 600
AMD Radeon R9 M290X
VS
Intel UHD Graphics 600

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 M290X and Intel UHD Graphics 600. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

333
Place in performance rating
944
GCN
Architecture
Gen. 9 Gemini Lake
Neptune
Code name
Gemini Lake GT1
Laptop
Type
Laptop
7 January 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
11 December 2017 (3 years ago)
$613
Price now
$274
1.68
Value for money
0.87
Neptune
GPU code name
Gemini Lake
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 M290X and Intel UHD Graphics 600 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
96
850 MHz
Core clock speed
300 MHz
900 MHz
Boost Clock
750 MHz
2,800 million
Transistor count
189 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
100 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
5 Watt
72.00
Texture fill rate
9.000
2,304 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
20
Compute units
no data
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
12
900 MHz
Boost clock speed
700 MHz
2,800 million
Number of transistors
189 million
100 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
5 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R9 M290X and Intel UHD Graphics 600.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x1
None
Supplementary power connectors
no data
large
Laptop size
no data
PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support
no data

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 and Intel UHD Graphics 600 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR4 / LPDDR4
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
no data
256 Bit
Memory bus width
64/128 Bit
1200 MHz
Memory clock speed
no data
153.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
no data
-
Shared memory
+

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 M290X and Intel UHD Graphics 600, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
1
Eyefinity
no data

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 M290X and Intel UHD Graphics 600 is the additional functionality.

-
AppAcceleration
no data
1
FreeSync
no data
+
HD3D
no data
+
PowerTune
no data
-
TrueAudio
no data
+
ZeroCore
no data
-
Enduro
no data
no data
Quick Sync
+
1
DualGraphics
no data
1
Switchable graphics
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 M290X and Intel UHD Graphics 600. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 11
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.4
OpenGL
4.6
no data
Vulkan
+
5.1
Shader Model
6.4
Not Listed
OpenCL
2.1
+
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 M290X and Intel UHD Graphics 600 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 or Intel UHD Graphics 600 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 M290X
Intel UHD Graphics 600
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 M290X
Intel UHD Graphics 600
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 M290X
Intel UHD Graphics 600
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 M290X
Intel UHD Graphics 600 5.1
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 M290X
Intel UHD Graphics 600
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 M290X

13.99% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1280 vs 96)

Advantages of Intel UHD Graphics 600

Cheaper ($274 vs $613)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (5 Watt vs 100 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon R9 M290X or Intel UHD Graphics 600?

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

AMD Radeon R9 M290X versus Intel UHD Graphics 600 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R9 M290X
5.0 Out of 4 CpusData Score Intel UHD Graphics 600