AMD Radeon R9 290 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2560
Cores320 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon R9 290
VS
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory768
Cores112.1 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 1050 Ti
AMD Radeon R9 290
4GB GDDR5 275W N/A Nov 2013
Radeon R9 290
$399 • Nov 2013
VS
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
$139 • Oct 2016
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
4GB GDDR5 75W N/A Oct 2016
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R9 290 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 275 W | 75 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | N/A | 1392 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 320 GB/s | 112.1 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 14nm |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | Pascal |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 768 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 160 | 48 |
| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 512-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1250 MHz | 1752 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 60.61 GPixel/s | 44.54 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 320 GTexel/s | 112.1 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.849 GFLOPS | 2.138 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.00 MB | 1.00 MB |
| Die Size | 438 mm² | 132 mm² |
| Transistors | 6200 Million | 3300 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 250 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | None |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | Samsung |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
3535 (+53%)
AMD Radeon R9 290
2312
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
41610 (+96%)
AMD Radeon R9 290
21180
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
FPS
AMD Radeon R9 290
34.4 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
8150 (+29%)
AMD Radeon R9 290
6327
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Game Benchmarks Comparison (252 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
Radeon R9 290 (+41%)
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 80 FPS
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon R9 290 (+29%)
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon R9 290 (+0%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (+0%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
Winner
Loser
Pathfinder Kingmaker
8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG Owlcat Games
1080p
| high
Radeon R9 290 (+41%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 82 FPS
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon R9 290 (+44%)
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| high
Radeon R9 290 (+40%)
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
AVG 20 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light Bad Blood
7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access Techland
1080p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290 (+35%)
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290 (+48%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290 (+57%)
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
AVG 14 FPS
MIN 11 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortal Unchained
8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG Toadman Interactive
1080p
| high
Radeon R9 290 (+49%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
1440p
| high
Radeon R9 290 (+53%)
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290 (+53%)
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
AVG 15 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
Shadows Awakening
8.3 2018 • Action, RPG Games Farm
1080p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290 (+76%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290 (+96%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290 (+117%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
AVG 12 FPS
MIN 11 FPS
Winner
Loser
Strange Brigade
7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure Rebellion
1080p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290 (+67%)
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
1440p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290 (+60%)
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
2160p
| ultra
Radeon R9 290 (+100%)
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
AVG 17 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
AMD Radeon R9 290 Wins!
Based on 249 benchmarks across 84 games
39
Avg FPS
Radeon R9 290
VS
+40.5%
28
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
236
Wins
39
Avg FPS
33
Min FPS
95%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
5
Wins
28
Avg FPS
23
Min FPS
2%
Win Rate
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