NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB and AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 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 - T-Rex (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 1392 MHz vs 925 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
6.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 500 Watt
Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 5500 MHz

Launch date	21 May 2018 vs 31 August 2012
Core clock speed	1392 MHz vs 925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 500 Watt
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz vs 5500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
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	589
PassMark - G3D Mark	5062
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		17.707

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP107	New Zealand
Launch date	21 May 2018	31 August 2012
Place in performance rating	339	338
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$899
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1518 MHz
Core clock speed	1392 MHz	925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	500 Watt
Transistor count	3,300 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		2x 3,789 gflops
Pipelines		2x 2048
Texture fill rate		2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	292 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	3x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	5500 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth		2x 264.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		2x 384 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5