NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 vs AMD Radeon R9 280X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 and AMD Radeon R9 280X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

AMD Radeon R9 280X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 67% higher boost clock speed: 1665 MHz vs 1000 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7878 vs 6150
Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 134.765 vs 89.187
Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.799 vs 7.656
Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 94.915 vs 87.459
Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 573.418 vs 493.57
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10959 vs 9603
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10959 vs 9603

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 April 2019 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7878 vs 6150
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	134.765 vs 89.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.799 vs 7.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	94.915 vs 87.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	573.418 vs 493.57
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10959 vs 9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715 vs 3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10959 vs 9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715 vs 3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3357

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X

Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 676 vs 569
Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1434.496 vs 1316.075
7.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2351 vs 324

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	676 vs 569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1434.496 vs 1316.075
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2351 vs 324

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7878

6150

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

569

676

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

134.765

89.187

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1316.075

1434.496

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8.799

7.656

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

94.915

87.459

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

573.418

493.57

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10959

9603

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

3700

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10959

9603

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

3700

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3357

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

324

2351

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650	AMD Radeon R9 280X
PassMark - G3D Mark	7878	6150
PassMark - G2D Mark	569	676
Geekbench - OpenCL	39112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	134.765	89.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1316.075	1434.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.799	7.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	94.915	87.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	573.418	493.57
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10959	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10959	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	324	2351

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650	AMD Radeon R9 280X
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 1.0
Code name	TU107	Tahiti
Launch date	30 April 2019	8 October 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$179	$299
Place in performance rating	382	380
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	1485 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Floating-point performance		4,096 gflops
Pipelines		2048
Stream Processors		2048
Texture fill rate		128.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		250 Watt
Transistor count		4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count	1
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		275 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		3 GB
Memory bandwidth		288 GB/s
Memory bus width		384 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)