Radeon R6 Graphics vs 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 efficiency5.87no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameNeptuneSpectre Lite
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date9 January 2014 (10 years ago)17 September 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 cores1280384
Compute units20no data
Core clock speed850 MHz533 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million2,410 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate72.0014.40
Floating-point processing power2.304 TFLOPS0.4608 TFLOPS
ROPs328
TMUs8024

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 x16IGP
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount4 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1200 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/sno data
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 outputsNo outputs
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Supported technologies

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

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

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.0
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCLNot Listed2.0
Vulkan-1.2.131
Mantle+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 January 2014 17 September 2014
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 15 Watt

R6 Graphics has an age advantage of 8 months, and 566.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 M290X and Radeon R6 Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M290X is a notebook card while Radeon R6 Graphics is a desktop one.


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