Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile and Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
2017
4 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
15.29

R9 M290X Crossfire outperforms GTX 1050 Ti Mobile by a significant 25% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking348293
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency13.986.53
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN (2012−2015)
GPU code nameGP107Neptune CF
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 January 2017 (7 years ago)1 March 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores7682560
Core clock speed1493 MHz850 MHz
Boost clock speed1620 MHz900 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million2x 2800 Million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt200 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate77.76no data
Floating-point processing power2.488 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs48no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargelarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2x 4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed7 GB/s4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth112 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsno data
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Ansel+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (FL 11_1)
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile 15.29
R9 M290X Crossfire 19.06
+24.7%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile 9616
R9 M290X Crossfire 14147
+47.1%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile 30690
R9 M290X Crossfire 32792
+6.8%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile 7741
R9 M290X Crossfire 10551
+36.3%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile 50514
R9 M290X Crossfire 71977
+42.5%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD56
−14.3%
64
+14.3%
1440p25
−20%
30−35
+20%
4K17
−23.5%
21−24
+23.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 43
−2.3%
40−45
+2.3%
Battlefield 5 59
−10.2%
65−70
+10.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 47
+17.5%
40−45
−17.5%
Far Cry 5 47
+2.2%
45−50
−2.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 46
−15.2%
50−55
+15.2%
Forza Horizon 4 62
−96.8%
120−130
+96.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2 33
−60.6%
50−55
+60.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 39
−66.7%
65−70
+66.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 37
−18.9%
40−45
+18.9%
Battlefield 5 49
−32.7%
65−70
+32.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 33
−21.2%
40−45
+21.2%
Far Cry 5 44
−4.5%
45−50
+4.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 42
−26.2%
50−55
+26.2%
Forza Horizon 4 57
−114%
120−130
+114%
Metro Exodus 19
−258%
65−70
+258%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
−26.2%
50−55
+26.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 33
−97%
65−70
+97%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 47
+6.8%
40−45
−6.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 23
−91.3%
40−45
+91.3%
Battlefield 5 42
−19%
50−55
+19%
Far Cry 5 40
−15%
45−50
+15%
Far Cry New Dawn 38
−18.4%
45−50
+18.4%
Forza Horizon 4 43
−184%
120−130
+184%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 26
−69.2%
40−45
+69.2%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21
−14.3%
24−27
+14.3%
Metro Exodus 12
−16.7%
14−16
+16.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−20%
30−33
+20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 17
−23.5%
21−24
+23.5%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−33.3%
20−22
+33.3%
Battlefield 5 29
−20.7%
35−40
+20.7%
Far Cry 5 26
+13%
21−24
−13%
Far Cry New Dawn 27
−11.1%
30−33
+11.1%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
−37.5%
110−120
+37.5%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
+0%
4−5
+0%
Metro Exodus 7
−200%
21−24
+200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−14.3%
16−18
+14.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8
−12.5%
9−10
+12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 17
−17.6%
20−22
+17.6%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−33.3%
12−14
+33.3%
Battlefield 5 14−16
−20%
18−20
+20%
Far Cry 5 12
+9.1%
10−12
−9.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 13
−23.1%
16−18
+23.1%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−28.6%
27−30
+28.6%

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Hitman 3 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Metro Exodus 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Hitman 3 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Hitman 3 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Hitman 3 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Hitman 3 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%

This is how GTX 1050 Ti Mobile and R9 M290X Crossfire compete in popular games:

  • R9 M290X Crossfire is 14% faster in 1080p
  • R9 M290X Crossfire is 20% faster in 1440p
  • R9 M290X Crossfire is 24% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is 18% faster.
  • in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the R9 M290X Crossfire is 258% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is ahead in 5 tests (7%)
  • R9 M290X Crossfire is ahead in 25 tests (35%)
  • there's a draw in 42 tests (58%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 15.29 19.06
Recency 3 January 2017 1 March 2014
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 200 Watt

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 166.7% lower power consumption.

R9 M290X Crossfire, on the other hand, has a 24.7% higher aggregate performance score.

The Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile in performance tests.


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