AMD Radeon R9 350 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 350 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 350

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 350

Around 20% higher pipelines: 768 vs 640
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3911 vs 3685
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3911 vs 3685
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 9664 vs 3360
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 9664 vs 3360

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	768 vs 640
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3911 vs 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3911 vs 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	9664 vs 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	9664 vs 3360

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 39% higher core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 925 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 95 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
6.2x more memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 1125 MHz (4500 MHz effective)
Around 76% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17466 vs 9926
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7043 vs 2609
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7043 vs 2609

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 October 2016 vs 12 June 2015
Core clock speed	1290 MHz vs 925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 95 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz vs 1125 MHz (4500 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	17466 vs 9926
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7043 vs 2609
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7043 vs 2609

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 350
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9926

17466

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2609

7043

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2609

7043

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3911

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3911

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9664

3360

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9664

3360

Name	AMD Radeon R9 350	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)
Geekbench - OpenCL	9926	17466
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2609	7043
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2609	7043
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3911	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3911	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	9664	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	9664	3360
PassMark - G3D Mark		5029
PassMark - G2D Mark		457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		67.209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		799.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		30.523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		223.683
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		122

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 350	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)
Essentials
Architecture	Tobago	Pascal
Launch date	12 June 2015	25 October 2016
Place in performance rating	585	586
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Code name		GP107
Launch price (MSRP)		$109
Price now		$124.99
Value for money (0-100)		56.95
Technical info
Core clock speed	925 MHz	1290 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	1421 GFLOPS
Pipelines	768	640
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	75 Watt
Boost clock speed		1392 MHz
CUDA cores		640
Floating-point performance		1,862 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		97 °C
Texture fill rate		58.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count		3,300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2 x DisplayPort, DVI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDCP
Number of simultaneous displays	4
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Height		4.38" (11.1 cm)
Length		5.7" (14.5 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		None
Width		2-slot
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.3	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	112 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz (4500 MHz effective)	7008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GameStream
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
VR Ready