Radeon R9 M290X Mac Edition vs HD Graphics 630

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking759not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency14.21no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.5 (2016−2020)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameKaby Lake GT2Pitcairn
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 January 2017 (7 years ago)23 November 2014 (10 years ago)

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 cores1921024
Core clock speed350 MHz850 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz975 MHz
Number of transistors189 million2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm++28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate24.0062.40
Floating-point processing power0.384 TFLOPS1.997 TFLOPS
ROPs332
TMUs2464

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount64 GB2 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1365 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data174.7 GB/s
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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.01.2
Vulkan+1.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2017 23 November 2014
Maximum RAM amount 64 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 80 Watt

HD Graphics 630 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 433.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 630 and Radeon R9 M290X Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.


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