NVIDIA T550 Laptop vs Radeon R9 290: graphics card comparison

Performance score

NVIDIA T550 Laptop · 4 GB GDDR6, 23 W

8.98 +7%

Radeon R9 290 · 4 GB GDDR5

8.42

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NVIDIA T550 Laptop is 7% faster than Radeon R9 290 by our estimate.

The score is our own estimate from the specs (core count, clock, architecture), not FPS from benchmarks. 100 = the fastest card in our database.

Real tests

What the test measures

Blender is a popular free 3D graphics program. The test makes the device render three ready-made 3D scenes (light, shadows, reflections) and counts how many render passes it finishes per minute. The higher the number, the faster the device handles heavy work: 3D, video editing, photo processing. On a CPU the test loads all cores at once, so it shows the chip's full power; on a graphics card it shows its compute strength.

GPU rendering (Blender)

NVIDIA T550 Laptop

270

faster than 5% of tested · runs: 4

Median of real test runs on users' computers. It does not show FPS in games. Data updated: 31.10.2026.

Overview

	NVIDIA T550 Laptop	Radeon R9 290
Score (0–100)	8.98	8.42
Ranking position	165	175
Manufacturer	NVIDIA	AMD
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Architecture	Turing	GCN

Specifications

	NVIDIA T550 Laptop	Radeon R9 290
Shader cores	1024	2560
Boost clock	1665 MHz	947 MHz
FP32 TFLOPS (calculated)	3.41	4.85
Hardware ray tracing	no	no

Video memory

	NVIDIA T550 Laptop	Radeon R9 290
VRAM	4 GB	4 GB
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Memory bus	64 bit	512 bit
Memory bandwidth	no data	320 GB/s

Power and connection

	NVIDIA T550 Laptop	Radeon R9 290
Board power	23 W	no data

Pros and cons

NVIDIA T550 Laptop

7% higher overall score

Radeon R9 290

no notable advantages

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