Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 1650 vs Radeon R9 290
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 1650
4096 Mb GDDR5
Released 30 Apr 2019
DESKTOP
VS
AMD
Radeon R9 290
4096 Mb GDDR5
Released 5 Nov 2013
DESKTOP
Summary
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 1650100%
- Radeon R9 290101%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1650
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
- Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)
Reasons to consider the Radeon R9 290
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports TrueAudio
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 1650 | Radeon R9 290 |
|---|
| GPU Name | TU107 () | Hawaii (Hawaii PRO) |
| Fab Process | 12 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 0 mm² | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | unknown | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 896 | 2560 |
| Compute Units | 14 | 40 |
| Core clock | 1485 MHz | 947 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| TMUs | 56 | 160 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 1650 | Radeon R9 290 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1650 | Radeon R9 290 |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | 275 watts |
| Release Date | 30 Apr 2019 | 5 Nov 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 165053.28 GP/s
- Radeon R9 29060.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 165093.24 GT/s
- Radeon R9 290152.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 1650128.00 GB/s
- Radeon R9 290320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 16502984.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 2904849.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Game benchmarks
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 165077
- Radeon R9 29083
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- GeForce GTX 165051
- Radeon R9 29045
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 165049
- Radeon R9 29053
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- GeForce GTX 165035
- Radeon R9 29035
FPS (higher is better)