Radeon R9 290X2 vs E8860

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking664not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.53no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameVenusHawaii
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date25 January 2014 (10 years ago)24 June 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,399

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 cores6402816
Core clock speed575 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed625 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,500 million6,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)37 Watt580 Watt
Texture fill rate25.00176.0
Floating-point processing power0.8 TFLOPS5.632 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs40176

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data4x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz1350 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s345.6 GB/s

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 Connectors4x mini-DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 January 2014 24 June 2014
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 37 Watt 580 Watt

Radeon E8860 has 1467.6% lower power consumption.

R9 290X2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon E8860 and Radeon R9 290X2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon E8860 is a notebook card while Radeon R9 290X2 is a desktop one.


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