GeForce GTX 1650 vs Radeon R9 M290X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 M290X, which features a core clock speed of 850 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1200 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 1280 SPUs, 80 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1650		75 Watts
Radeon R9 M290X		100 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon R9 M290X should in theory be a little bit better than the GeForce GTX 1650 overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 M290X		153600 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1650		131072 MB/sec
	Difference: 22528 (17%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1650 will be quite a bit (about 22%) better at AF than the Radeon R9 M290X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		83160 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M290X		68000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 15160 (22%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1650 is superior to the Radeon R9 M290X, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		47520 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M290X		27200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 20320 (75%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.