NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB vs AMD Radeon HD 7850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB and AMD Radeon HD 7850 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: 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 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
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • 5.8x more memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8368 vs 6173
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8368 vs 6173
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3696
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3696
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 601 vs 567
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5119 vs 3885
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 May 2018 vs 5 March 2012
Boost clock speed 1518 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8368 vs 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8368 vs 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3696
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3351
PassMark - G2D Mark 601 vs 567
PassMark - G3D Mark 5119 vs 3885

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7850

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8368
6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8368
6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3696
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3351
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
601
567
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5119
3885
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB AMD Radeon HD 7850
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8368 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8368 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3696
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3351
PassMark - G2D Mark 601 567
PassMark - G3D Mark 5119 3885
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 47.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1028.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 72.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 249.482
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1312

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB AMD Radeon HD 7850

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP107 Pitcairn
Launch date 21 May 2018 5 March 2012
Place in performance rating 334 520
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $249
Price now $449.59
Value for money (0-100) 11.01

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1518 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 1392 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 3,300 million 2,800 million
Floating-point performance 1,761 gflops
Pipelines 1024
Stream Processors 1200
Texture fill rate 55.04 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 145 mm 210 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 1200 MHz
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync