ATI FireMV 2200 vs Radeon R9 M290X

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking497not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.83no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)R300 (2005−2008)
GPU code nameNeptuneRV370
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date9 January 2014 (10 years ago)2006 (18 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 cores1280no data
Compute units20no data
Core clock speed850 MHz324 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,800 million107 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate72.001.296
Floating-point processing power2.304 TFLOPSno data
ROPs324
TMUs804

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data170 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount4 GB128 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz392 MBps
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s3.136 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DMS-59
Eyefinity+-

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
PowerTune+-
DualGraphics+-
ZeroCore+-
Switchable graphics+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 119.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.42.0
OpenCLNot ListedN/A
Vulkan-N/A
Mantle+-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 110 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 15 Watt

R9 M290X has a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

ATI FireMV 2200, on the other hand, has 566.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 M290X and FireMV 2200. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M290X is a notebook card while FireMV 2200 is a desktop one.


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