GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs Radeon R9 290
Summary
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
100%
Radeon R9 290
141%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1050 Ti |
| 200 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 290 . |
| 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 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 290 |
| 41% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 290
The Radeon R9 290 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (17 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 Ti | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP107 (GP107-400-A1) | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii PRO) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 132 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,300 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 768 | vs | 2560 |
| Compute Units | 6 | vs | 40 |
| Core clock | 1290 MHz | vs | 947 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 48 | vs | 160 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 Ti | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1050 Ti | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | vs | 275 watts |
| Release Date | 25 Oct 2016 | vs | 5 Nov 2013 |
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
41.30 GP/s
Radeon R9 290
60.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
61.90 GT/s
Radeon R9 290
152.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
112.10 GB/s
Radeon R9 290
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
1981.40 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290
4849.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
42
Radeon R9 290
53
FPS (higher is better)
OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
75
Radeon R9 290
89
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
47
Radeon R9 290
67
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
65
Radeon R9 290
83
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
43
Radeon R9 290
69
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
41
Radeon R9 290
57
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
38
Radeon R9 290
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
37
Radeon R9 290
60
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
29
Radeon R9 290
38
FPS (higher is better)
OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
47
Radeon R9 290
57
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
31
Radeon R9 290
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
43
Radeon R9 290
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
29
Radeon R9 290
55
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
30
Radeon R9 290
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
29
Radeon R9 290
35
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
27
Radeon R9 290
41
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
11
Radeon R9 290
21
FPS (higher is better)