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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

ATI Radeon HD 4770

17%
17%

AMD Radeon R9 290X

601%
601%
AMD Radeon R9 290X is approximately 584% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationATI Radeon HD 4770AMD Radeon R9 290X
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
RV740
Hawaii
CoresDifferent
640
2816
TMUsDifferent
32
176
ROPsDifferent
16
64
Memory SizeDifferent
512 MB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
128 bit
512 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4770AMD Radeon R9 290X
GPU NameDifferent
RV740
Hawaii
GPU VariantDifferent
RV740 XT(215-0727019)
Hawaii XT(215-0852000)
ArchitectureDifferent
TeraScale
GCN 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
40 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
826 million
6,200 million
DensityDifferent
6.0M / mm²
14.2M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
137 mm²
438 mm²

Graphics Card

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4770AMD Radeon R9 290X
Release DateDifferent
Apr 28th, 2009
Oct 24th, 2013
GenerationDifferent
Radeon R700(HD 4700)
Volcanic Islands(R9 200)
PredecessorDifferent
Radeon R600
Sea Islands
SuccessorDifferent
Evergreen
Pirate Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
109 USD
549 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
82 in our database
147 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4770AMD Radeon R9 290X
GPU ClockDifferent
750 MHz
1000 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
800 MHz3.2 Gbps effective
1250 MHz5 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4770AMD Radeon R9 290X
Memory SizeDifferent
512 MB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
128 bit
512 bit
BandwidthDifferent
51.20 GB/s
320.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4770AMD Radeon R9 290X
Shading UnitsDifferent
640
2816
TMUsDifferent
32
176
ROPsDifferent
16
64
Compute UnitsDifferent
8
44
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
128 KB
1024 KB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4770AMD Radeon R9 290X
Pixel RateDifferent
12.00 GPixel/s
64.00 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
24.00 GTexel/s
176.0 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
960.0 GFLOPS
5.632 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
192.0 GFLOPS (1:5)
704.0 GFLOPS (1:8)

Board Design

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4770AMD Radeon R9 290X
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
203 mm8 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
TDPDifferent
80 W
290 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
250 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
2x DVI1x S-Video
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
B743
109-C67157-00_02, 109-C67157-00C_03
HeightDifferent
N/A
109 mm4.3 inches
WidthDifferent
N/A
36 mm1.4 inches

Graphics Features

FeatureATI Radeon HD 4770AMD Radeon R9 290X
DirectXDifferent
10.1 (10_1)
12 (12_0)
OpenGLDifferent
3.3
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
1.1
2.1
VulkanDifferent
N/A
1.2.170
Shader ModelDifferent
4.1
6.5

Comparison Summary

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