GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon R9 290
Summary
GeForce GTX 1050
100%
Radeon R9 290
182%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1050 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
| 82% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 (16 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP107 (GP107-300-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 | 640 | vs | 2560 |
| Compute Units | 5 | vs | 40 |
| Core clock | 1354 MHz | vs | 947 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 40 | vs | 160 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 | | 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 | 2048 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1050 | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | vs | 275 watts |
| Release Date | 25 Oct 2016 | vs | 5 Nov 2013 |
GeForce GTX 1050
43.30 GP/s
Radeon R9 290
60.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050
54.20 GT/s
Radeon R9 290
152.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050
112.10 GB/s
Radeon R9 290
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050
1733.10 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290
4849.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 1050
40
Radeon R9 290
53
FPS (higher is better)
OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx
GeForce GTX 1050
37
Radeon R9 290
89
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 1050
44
Radeon R9 290
67
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1050
58
Radeon R9 290
83
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 1050
24
Radeon R9 290
69
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
GeForce GTX 1050
31
Radeon R9 290
57
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1050
33
Radeon R9 290
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 1050
33
Radeon R9 290
60
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 1050
26
Radeon R9 290
38
FPS (higher is better)
OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx
GeForce GTX 1050
31
Radeon R9 290
57
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 1050
28
Radeon R9 290
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1050
39
Radeon R9 290
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 1050
18
Radeon R9 290
55
FPS (higher is better)
DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+
GeForce GTX 1050
20
Radeon R9 290
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1050
25
Radeon R9 290
35
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF
GeForce GTX 1050
23
Radeon R9 290
41
FPS (higher is better)