NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB vs AMD Radeon E8950

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB and AMD Radeon E8950 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

AMD Radeon E8950

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 89% higher core clock speed: 1392 MHz vs 735 MHz
Around 52% higher boost clock speed: 1518 MHz vs 1000 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
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 6000 MHz

Launch date	21 May 2018 vs 29 September 2015
Core clock speed	1392 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed	1518 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 95 Watt
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz vs 6000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon E8950

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB	AMD Radeon E8950
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8368
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8368
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356
PassMark - G2D Mark	603
PassMark - G3D Mark	5149
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		66.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1369.722
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		6.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		65.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		326.391

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB	AMD Radeon E8950
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 3.0
Code name	GP107	Amethyst
Launch date	21 May 2018	29 September 2015
Place in performance rating	326	732
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1518 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	1392 MHz	735 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	95 Watt
Transistor count	3,300 million	5,000 million
Floating-point performance		4,096 gflops
Pipelines		2048
Texture fill rate		128.0 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	6000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		8 GB
Memory bandwidth		192.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5