GeForce RTX 4050 vs Radeon R9 290

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 290 and GeForce RTX 4050, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R9 290
2013
4 GB GDDR5, 275 Watt
20.97

RTX 4050 outperforms R9 290 by an impressive 78% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking256121
Place by popularitynot in top-10036
Cost-effectiveness evaluation7.89no data
Power efficiency5.5127.01
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameHawaiiAD107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date5 November 2013 (10 years ago)2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores25602560
Core clock speed947 MHz2505 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2640 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)275 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate151.5211.2
Floating-point processing power4.849 TFLOPS13.52 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs16080
Tensor Coresno data120
Ray Tracing Coresno data18

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length275 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 12-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB6 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth320.0 GB/s216.0 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.9

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.

R9 290 20.97
RTX 4050 37.40
+78.4%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

R9 290 8093
RTX 4050 14435
+78.4%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 20.97 37.40
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 275 Watt 100 Watt

RTX 4050 has a 78.4% higher aggregate performance score, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 175% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 4050 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 290 in performance tests.


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