NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 vs AMD Radeon R9 290X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 and AMD Radeon R9 290X 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 76% higher boost clock speed: 1665 MHz vs 947 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • 6.4x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 134.955 vs 114.883
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10959 vs 8729
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10959 vs 8729
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 April 2019 vs 24 October 2013
Boost clock speed 1665 MHz vs 947 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 134.955 vs 114.883
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10959 vs 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10959 vs 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3353

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8644 vs 7876
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 770 vs 577
  • Around 8% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 42419 vs 39422
  • Around 90% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2460.464 vs 1294.279
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 11.12 vs 8.756
  • Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 120.942 vs 91.78
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 628.757 vs 569.916
  • Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7055 vs 3715
  • Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7055 vs 3715
  • Around 10% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3962 vs 3597
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8644 vs 7876
PassMark - G2D Mark 770 vs 577
Geekbench - OpenCL 42419 vs 39422
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2460.464 vs 1294.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 11.12 vs 8.756
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 120.942 vs 91.78
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 628.757 vs 569.916
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7055 vs 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7055 vs 3715
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3962 vs 3597

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
7876
8644
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
577
770
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
39422
42419
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
134.955
114.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1294.279
2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8.756
11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
91.78
120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
569.916
628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10959
8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10959
8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3597
3962
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 AMD Radeon R9 290X
PassMark - G3D Mark 7876 8644
PassMark - G2D Mark 577 770
Geekbench - OpenCL 39422 42419
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 134.955 114.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1294.279 2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.756 11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 91.78 120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 569.916 628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10959 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10959 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3597 3962

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 AMD Radeon R9 290X

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 2.0
Code name TU107 Hawaii
Launch date 30 April 2019 24 October 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $179 $549
Place in performance rating 359 286
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1665 MHz 947 MHz
Core clock speed 1485 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Floating-point performance 5,632 gflops
Pipelines 2816
Stream Processors 2560
Texture fill rate 176.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt
Transistor count 6,200 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 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Memory clock speed 8000 MHz 1250 MHz
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s
Memory bus width 512 Bit
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)