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Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire [in 6 benchmarks]

Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire

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Interface

Core clock speed 850

Max video memory 2x 4096 MB

Memory type GDDR5

Memory clock speed 4800

Maximum resolution

Summary

AMD started Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire sales 1 March 2014. This is GCN architecture notebook card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 2x 4 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 4.8 GHz are supplied.

Power consumption is at 200 Watt.

It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at

19.59%

of a leader’s which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

Radeon R9
M290X Crossfire

GeForce RTX
4090

General info

Of Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire’s architecture, market segment and release date.

Place in performance rating	206
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	Neptune CF
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	1 March 2014 (8 years ago)

Technical specs

Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire’s general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire’s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2560	of 18432 (AD102)
Core clock speed	850 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	900 MHz	of 2903 (Radeon Pro W6600)
Number of transistors	2x 2800 Million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080 Ti)
Thermal design power (TDP)	200 Watt	of 900 (Tesla S2050)

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire’s compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it’s notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size

large

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	of 21000 (GeForce RTX 3090 Ti)
Shared memory	—

API support

APIs supported by Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX

12 (FL 11_1)

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance of Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R9 M290X Crossfire
19.59

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

3DMark Fire Strike Score

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Unigine Heaven 3.0

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280×1024 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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

R9 M290X Crossfire
32792

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280×720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

R9 M290X Crossfire
14147

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280×720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

R9 M290X Crossfire
71977

3DMark Fire Strike Score

Benchmark coverage: 14%

R9 M290X Crossfire
8176

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature seemingly made of lava. Using 1920×1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic enough graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

R9 M290X Crossfire
10551

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

R9 M290X Crossfire
122

Game benchmarks

Let’s see how good Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD

Popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Full HD
Medium Preset

Full HD
High Preset

Full HD
Ultra Preset

1440p
High Preset

1440p
Ultra Preset

4K
High Preset

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−35

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey	35−40
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla	30−35
Battlefield 5	60−65
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35
Far Cry 5	50−55
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55
Forza Horizon 4	65−70
Hitman 3	55−60
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey	35−40
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla	30−35
Battlefield 5	60−65
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35
Far Cry 5	50−55
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55
Forza Horizon 4	65−70
Hitman 3	55−60
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45
Metro Exodus	30−33
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey	35−40
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla	30−35
Battlefield 5	60−65
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35
Far Cry 5	50−55
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55
Forza Horizon 4	65−70
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−33
Hitman 3	30−35
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27
Metro Exodus	18−20
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey	20−22
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla	16−18
Battlefield 5	40−45
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14
Far Cry 5	30−35
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40
Forza Horizon 4	40−45
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16
Hitman 3	18−20
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16
Metro Exodus	10−12
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey	12−14
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla	9−10
Battlefield 5	21−24
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6
Far Cry 5	14−16
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20
Forza Horizon 4	27−30
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9

Relative perfomance

Overall Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook video cards.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
107.86

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile
103.06

AMD Radeon RX 5600M
100.92

AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire
100

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI
98.77

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
97.14

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M SLI
96.63

NVIDIA equivalent

We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire from NVIDIA is GeForce GTX 780M SLI, which is slower by 1% and lower by 5 positions in our rating.

GeForce GTX
780M SLI

Compare

Here are some closest NVIDIA rivals to Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire:

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI
110. 11

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
107.86

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile
103.06

AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire
100

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI
98.77

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
97.14

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M SLI
96.63

Similar GPUs

Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.

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780M SLI

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980M

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GeForce GTX
965M SLI

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GeForce GTX
1060 Mobile

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Radeon HD
8970M Crossfire

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GeForce GTX
880M SLI

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Recommended processors

These processors are most commonly used with Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire according to our statistics.

Ryzen 5
1600

25%

Core i3
6100T

12.5%

Pentium Dual
Core T4200

12.5%

Core i9
12900KF

12.5%

Core i5
4200M

12.5%

Ryzen 5
3500U

12.5%

Celeron
N2930

12.5%

User rating

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Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire vs Radeon RX 570 Graphics cards Comparison

When choosing between Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire and Radeon RX 570, it is worth examining the specifications of the models in detail. Do they meet the recommended requirements of modern games and software? Storage capacity, form factor, TDP, available ports, warranty and manufacturer support are all important. For example, the size of a PC case can limit the maximum thickness and length of the card. Often, instead of the factory overclocked card and RGB backlight, it is better to choose a reference model with a more efficient GPU. And make sure that your current power supply unit has the correct connection pins (using adapters is not recommended). This GPUs compare tool is meant to help you to choose the best graphics card for your build. Let’s find out the difference between Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire and Radeon RX 570.

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Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire here:

Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire Laptops

Main Specs

	Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire	Radeon RX 570
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	120 Watt
Interface		PCIe 3. 0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	8 GB
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire has 66% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 570.
Radeon RX 570 has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire.
Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Radeon RX 570 — in Desktops.
Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon RX 570 — with Polaris.
Core clock speed of Radeon RX 570 is 318 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire.
Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 570 — by 14 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 570 is 2200 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

Assassin’s Creed OdysseyBattlefield 5Call of Duty: WarzoneCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveCyberpunk 2077Dota 2Far Cry 5FortniteForza Horizon 4Grand Theft Auto VMetro ExodusMinecraftPLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDSRed Dead Redemption 2The Witcher 3: Wild HuntWorld of Tanks
high / 1080p	35−40	35−40
ultra / 1080p	24−27	21−24
QHD / 1440p	18−20	16−18
4K / 2160p	10−11	10−11
low / 720p	60−65	60−65
medium / 1080p	45−50	40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is 3% more, than Radeon RX 570.
high / 1080p	55−60	55−60
ultra / 1080p	50−55	45−50
QHD / 1440p	35−40	35−40
4K / 2160p	18−20	18−20
low / 720p	110−120	100−110
medium / 1080p	65−70	60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire in Battlefield 5 is 7% more, than Radeon RX 570.
low / 768p	50−55	50−55
QHD / 1440p	0−1	0−1
Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire and Radeon RX 570 have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p	250−260	250−260
medium / 768p	220−230	220−230
ultra / 1080p	180−190	180−190
QHD / 1440p	110−120	110−120
4K / 2160p	70−75	70−75
high / 768p	210−220	210−220
Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire and Radeon RX 570 have the same average FPS in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
low / 768p	60−65	60−65
medium / 1080p	55−60	55−60
Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire and Radeon RX 570 have the same average FPS in Cyberpunk 2077.
low / 768p	120−130	120−130
medium / 768p	110−120	110−120
ultra / 1080p	100−110	100−110
Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire and Radeon RX 570 have the same average FPS in Dota 2.
high / 1080p	45−50	45−50
ultra / 1080p	45−50	40−45
QHD / 1440p	30−33	27−30
4K / 2160p	16−18	14−16
low / 720p	85−90	80−85
medium / 1080p	50−55	45−50
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire in Far Cry 5 is 9% more, than Radeon RX 570.
high / 1080p	60−65	60−65
ultra / 1080p	50−55	45−50
QHD / 1440p	30−33	27−30
4K / 2160p	27−30	27−30
low / 720p	180−190	180−190
medium / 1080p	120−130	110−120
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire in Fortnite is 3% more, than Radeon RX 570.
high / 1080p	60−65	60−65
ultra / 1080p	45−50	45−50
QHD / 1440p	30−35	30−35
4K / 2160p	24−27	24−27
low / 720p	110−120	100−110
medium / 1080p	70−75	65−70
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire in Forza Horizon 4 is 5% more, than Radeon RX 570.
low / 768p	140−150	140−150
medium / 768p	130−140	120−130
high / 1080p	75−80	70−75
ultra / 1080p	30−35	30−35
QHD / 1440p	24−27	21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire in Grand Theft Auto V is 5% more, than Radeon RX 570.
high / 1080p	24−27	24−27
ultra / 1080p	21−24	20−22
QHD / 1440p	18−20	16−18
4K / 2160p	9−10	8−9
low / 720p	70−75	65−70
medium / 1080p	35−40	30−35
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire in Metro Exodus is 10% more, than Radeon RX 570.
low / 768p	130−140	130−140
medium / 1080p	120−130	120−130
Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire and Radeon RX 570 have the same average FPS in Minecraft.
ultra / 1080p	14−16	14−16
low / 720p	100−110	100−110
medium / 1080p	18−20	18−20
Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire and Radeon RX 570 have the same average FPS in PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS.
high / 1080p	24−27	24−27
ultra / 1080p	16−18	16−18
QHD / 1440p	10−12	10−11
4K / 2160p	8−9	7−8
low / 720p	70−75	65−70
medium / 1080p	35−40	35−40
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 3% more, than Radeon RX 570.
low / 768p	130−140	130−140
medium / 768p	85−90	85−90
high / 1080p	50−55	45−50
ultra / 1080p	27−30	24−27
4K / 2160p	16−18	16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 3% more, than Radeon RX 570.
low / 768p	90−95	90−95
medium / 768p	60−65	60−65
ultra / 1080p	55−60	50−55
high / 768p	−	60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire in World of Tanks is 1% more, than Radeon RX 570.

Full Specs

	Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire	Radeon RX 570
Architecture	GCN	Polaris
Code name	Neptune CF	Polaris 20 Ellesmere
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 March 2014	18 April 2017
Pipelines	2560	2048
Core clock speed	850 MHz	1168 MHz
Boost Clock	900 MHz	1244 MHz
Transistor count	2x 2800 Million	5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Texture fill rate		159. 2
Floating-point performance		5,095 gflops
Length		241 mm
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth		224.0 GB/s
Shared memory	—	—
DirectX	DirectX 12 (FL 11_1), Shader 5.0	12 (12_0)
Shader Model		6.4
OpenGL		4.6
OpenCL		2.0
Vulkan		+
FreeSync		+
Laptop size	large
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Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire [in 6 benchmarks]

Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire

Interface
Core frequency 850
Video memory size 2x 4096 MB
Memory type GDDR5
Memory frequency 4800
Maximum resolution

Description

AMD Starts Radeon R9 SalesM290X Crossfire March 1, 2014. This is a GCN architecture notebook card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. It has 2x 4 GB GDDR5 memory at 4.8 GHz.

Power consumption — 200 W.

It provides poor performance in tests and games at the level of

19.59%

from the leader, which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

Radeon R9
M290X Crossfire

GeForce RTX
4090

General information

Information about the Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire type (desktop or laptop) and architecture, as well as launch time and cost at the time.

9005

Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire’s general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. They indirectly speak of Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire’s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Performance ranking

Number of stream processors	2560	of 18432 (AD102)
Core clock
Energy consumption (TDP)	200 2 W	of 900 (Tesla S2050)

Information on Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire compatibility with other computer components. Useful for example when choosing the configuration of a future computer or to upgrade an existing one. For laptop video cards, this is the estimated size of the laptop, the bus and the connection connector, if the video card is connected through the connector, and not soldered on the motherboard.

Laptop Size

Large

RAM

Parameters of the memory installed on Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire — type, size, bus, frequency and bandwidth. For video cards built into the processor that do not have their own memory, a shared part of the RAM is used.

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Memory type

GDDR5