NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon HD 7870M
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) and AMD Radeon HD 7870M 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
- Around 61% higher core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 800 MHz
- Around 82% higher texture fill rate: 58.2 GTexel / s vs 32 GTexel / s
- Around 82% better floating-point performance: 1,862 gflops vs 1,024 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
- 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
- Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 4000 MHz
- 3.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5030 vs 1507
- 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3685 vs 1367
- 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3685 vs 1367
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 25 October 2016 vs 24 April 2012 |
| Core clock speed | 1290 MHz vs 800 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 58.2 GTexel / s vs 32 GTexel / s |
| Floating-point performance | 1,862 gflops vs 1,024 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 2 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 7008 MHz vs 4000 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5030 vs 1507 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3685 vs 1367 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3360 vs 3359 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3685 vs 1367 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3360 vs 3359 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870M
- Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 75 Watt
- Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 556 vs 459
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 45 Watt vs 75 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 556 vs 459 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870M
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) | AMD Radeon HD 7870M |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5030 | 1507 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 459 | 556 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 17470 | |
| 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 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7043 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3685 | 1367 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3360 | 3359 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7043 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3685 | 1367 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3360 | 3359 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1810 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) | AMD Radeon HD 7870M | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Pascal | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | GP107 | Heathrow |
| Launch date | 25 October 2016 | 24 April 2012 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $109 | |
| Place in performance rating | 580 | 577 |
| Price now | $124.99 | |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 56.95 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1392 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 1290 MHz | 800 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 640 | |
| Floating-point performance | 1,862 gflops | 1,024 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 97 °C | |
| Pipelines | 640 | 640 |
| Texture fill rate | 58.2 GTexel / s | 32 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt | 45 Watt |
| Transistor count | 3,300 million | 1,500 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI | No outputs |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
| Height | 4.38" (11.1 cm) | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 5.7" (14.5 cm) | |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 300 Watt | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Laptop size | large | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (11_1) |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 112 GB / s | 64 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7008 MHz | 4000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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| Ansel | ||
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| GameStream | ||
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