GeForce GTX 1650 vs Radeon R9 290

GeForce GTX 1650
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 30 Apr 2019
GeForce GTX 1650
Radeon R9 290
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 5 Nov 2013
Radeon R9 290

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1650
    100%
  • Radeon R9 290
    101%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider 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 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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

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 1650Radeon R9 290
GPU NameTU107 ()vsHawaii (Hawaii PRO)
Fab Process12 nmvs28 nm
Die Size0 mm²vs438 mm²
Transistorsunknownvs6,200 million
Shaders896vs2560
Compute Units14vs40
Core clock1485 MHzvs947 MHz
ROPs32vs64
TMUs56vs160

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1650Radeon R9 290
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs512 bit
Memory Speed2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective
vs1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1650Radeon R9 290
TDP0 wattsvs275 watts
Release Date30 Apr 2019vs5 Nov 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1650
    53.28 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 290
    60.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1650
    93.24 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 290
    152.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1650
    128.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 290
    320.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1650
    2984.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 290
    4849.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1650
    77
  • Radeon R9 290
    83

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1650
    51
  • Radeon R9 290
    45

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1650
    49
  • Radeon R9 290
    53

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1650
    35
  • Radeon R9 290
    35

FPS (higher is better)