GeForce GTX 1050 Ti mobile vs Radeon R9 M290X

In this comparison between GeForce GTX 1050 Ti mobile and Radeon R9 M290X you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people GeForce GTX 1050 Ti mobile will be the best choice, for others Radeon R9 M290X will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti mobile and Radeon R9 M290X are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti mobile and Radeon R9 M290X are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 1050 Ti mobile or Radeon R9 M290X here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Ti mobile Radeon R9 M290X
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon R9 M290X has 33% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 1050 Ti mobile.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti mobile and Radeon R9 M290X have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti mobile is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R9 M290X - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 Ti mobile is 643 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M290X.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti mobile is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M290X - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 M290X is 1193 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 1050 Ti mobile.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 16−18
ultra / 1080p 21−24 10−11
QHD / 1440p 16−18 4−5
4K / 2160p 10−11 4−5
low / 720p 60−65 30−35
medium / 1080p 40−45 20−22
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1050 Ti mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 113% more, than Radeon R9 M290X.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Ti mobile Radeon R9 M290X
Architecture Pascal GCN
Code name GP107 Neptune
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 3 January 2017 7 January 2014
Pipelines 768 1280
Core clock speed 1493 MHz 850 MHz
Boost Clock 1620 MHz 900 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 77.76 72.00
Floating-point performance 2,304 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7 GB/s 1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA +
FreeSync +
CUDA cores 768
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 300 Mh/s
Laptop size large large
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
Compute units 20
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