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    GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile vs Radeon R9 M290X

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile and Radeon R9 M290X. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile and Radeon R9 M290X. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
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    GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile and Radeon R9 M290X are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 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 3GB mobile or Radeon R9 M290X here:

    GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile Laptops
    Radeon R9 M290X Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile Radeon R9 M290X
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 3 MB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Radeon R9 M290X has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R9 M290X - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile is 516 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M290X.
    • GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M290X - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile is 552 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M290X.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 18−20 16−18
    ultra / 1080p 10−11 10−11
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 4−5
    4K / 2160p 4−5 4−5
    low / 720p 35−40 30−35
    medium / 1080p 21−24 20−22
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6% more, than Radeon R9 M290X.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile Radeon R9 M290X
    Architecture Pascal GCN
    Code name Neptune
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date April 2018 7 January 2014
    Pipelines 768 1280
    Core clock speed 1366 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 1442 MHz 900 MHz
    Transistor count 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 72.00
    Floating-point performance 2,304 gflops
    Memory bus width 96 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1752 MHz 1200 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 84 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    G-SYNC support +
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.4
    OpenCL Not Listed
    Vulkan +
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 300 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
    Compute units 20
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