GeForce GTX 1650 vs Radeon R9 290X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 290X, which features GPU clock speed of 800 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1250 MHz through a 512-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2816 SPUs, 176 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1650		75 Watts
Radeon R9 290X		300 Watts
	Difference: 225 Watts (300%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 290X should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1650 overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 290X		320000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1650		131072 MB/sec
	Difference: 188928 (144%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 290X should be much (about 69%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1650. (explain)

Radeon R9 290X		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1650		83160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 57640 (69%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 290X should be a little bit (about 8%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1650, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon R9 290X		51200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1650		47520 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3680 (8%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.