Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics vs Radeon R9 290X

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking328not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.07no data
Power efficiency4.62no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Gen. 5 Arrandale (2010)
GPU code nameHawaiiGMA HD
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date24 October 2013 (11 years ago)10 January 2010 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$549 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores281612
Core clock speedno data500 MHz
Boost clock speed947 MHzno data
Number of transistors6,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate176.0no data
Floating-point processing power5.632 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs176no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length275 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pinno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width512 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1250 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth320 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortno data
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-
DisplayPort support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration+-
CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
LiquidVR+-
TressFX+-
TrueAudio+-
UVD+-
DDMA audio+no data

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX® 1210
Shader Model6.3no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

R9 290X 37284
+12432%
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics 298

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 October 2013 10 January 2010
Chip lithography 28 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 35 Watt

R9 290X has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 60.7% more advanced lithography process.

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics, on the other hand, has 614.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 290X and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 290X is a desktop graphics card while Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics is a notebook one.

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