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AMD Radeon R9 M290X

The AMD Radeon R9 M290X is a graphics card released on May 1, 2014. It has 1,280 shading units, 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, 154.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 900 MHz and a 100 W board power rating. It scores 3,200 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.4.

9/10 key specs recorded · 38 facts

Depth: 35 recorded fields, 2 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified August 11, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and AMD.com Specifications. Coverage: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark AMD.com Specifications PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

1,280cores

20 compute units

Memory

4 GB

GDDR5 · 256-bit

Boost clock

900 MHz

Board power

100 W

Performance

The AMD Radeon R9 M290X scores 3,200 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 73.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #733), measured across 118 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 408.

PassMark G3D Mark

3,200

Rank #733
Faster than 73.7% of 2,658 GPUs
118 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 67 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 66.6% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 16 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 58.1% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 21 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 51.5% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 17 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 50.5% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 1,395 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 56.7% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the AMD Radeon R9 M290X averages DirectX 9 67 fps, DirectX 10 16 fps, DirectX 11 21 fps, DirectX 12 17 fps and GPU Compute 1,395 ops/s, across 118 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

Theoretical throughput

FP32 (single precision) 2.304 TFLOPS calculatedcalculated from shaders x boost clock (MHz) x 2 / 1e6 = 1280 x 900 x 2 / 1e6

FP32 (single precision) (2.304 TFLOPS) is calculated by Feex from stored specifications, not stated by AMD.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 4 GB

Core clock 850 MHz

Memory clock 1200 MHz

DirectX 11.2

OpenGL 4.3

Max TDP 100 W

First benchmarked 2014-07-31

Samples 118

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon R9 M290X states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 4 GB of memory, a core clock of 850 MHz, DirectX 11.2 and OpenGL 4.3, first benchmarked on 2014-07-31. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Shader configuration

Shading units 1,280

Compute units 20

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) Not recorded

Render output units (ROPs) Not recorded

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The AMD Radeon R9 M290X has 1,280 shading units and 20 compute units.

The AMD Radeon R9 M290X does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the AMD Radeon R9 M290X.

Clock speeds

Base clock Not recorded

Boost clock 900 MHz

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The AMD Radeon R9 M290X boosts to 900 MHz.

Memory

Size 4 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width 256-bit

Bandwidth 154.0 GB/s

The AMD Radeon R9 M290X is equipped with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory, uses a 256-bit memory bus and delivers 154.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The AMD Radeon R9 M290X has a board power rating of 100 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 100 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched May 1, 2014

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series Radeon

The AMD Radeon R9 M290X was released on May 1, 2014.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 3,200

PassMark G2D 408

Rank #733

Samples 118

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD Radeon R9 M290X supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.4.

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.4

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon R9 M290X. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon R9 M290X. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon R9 M290X.

Features

The AMD Radeon R9 M290X has 2 supported features recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.

Platform

Supported: Radeon Dual Graphics

Support for pairing an AMD APU's integrated graphics with a compatible Radeon GPU.
Supported: Switchable graphics

Support for switching between integrated and dedicated graphics to balance power use and performance.

Not listed (2)

No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon R9 M290X supports Resizable BAR and AMD SmartShift. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The AMD Radeon R9 M290X supports Radeon Dual Graphics and Switchable graphics under Platform.

Naming and aliases

The AMD Radeon R9 M290X is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as AMD Radeon(TM) R9 M290X and AMD Radeon R9 M290X (Bootcamp XG edition by bootcampdrivers.com).

Other names (PassMark) AMD Radeon(TM) R9 M290X; AMD Radeon R9 M290X (Bootcamp XG edition by bootcampdrivers.com)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon R9 M290X have?

The AMD Radeon R9 M290X has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 154.0 GB/s.

How much power does the AMD Radeon R9 M290X use and what power supply does it need?

The AMD Radeon R9 M290X has a board power rating of 100 W.

How fast is the AMD Radeon R9 M290X?

The AMD Radeon R9 M290X scores 3,200 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 73.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #733. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 17 fps.