NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB vs AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB and AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM 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 HD 8990 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 47% higher core clock speed: 1392 MHz vs 950 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
5x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 375 Watt
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 6000 MHz

Launch date	21 May 2018 vs 24 April 2013
Core clock speed	1392 MHz vs 950 MHz
Boost clock speed	1518 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 375 Watt
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz vs 6000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 658 vs 593
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5214 vs 5109

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	658 vs 593
PassMark - G3D Mark	5214 vs 5109

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

593

658

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5109

5214

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
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	593	658
PassMark - G3D Mark	5109	5214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		44.481
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1984.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		125.504
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		470.237

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP107	Malta
Launch date	21 May 2018	24 April 2013
Place in performance rating	335	334
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1518 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	1392 MHz	950 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	375 Watt
Transistor count	3,300 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		2x 4,096 gflops
Pipelines		2x 2048
Texture fill rate		2x 128.0 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	307 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	6000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth		2x 288.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		2x 384 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5