NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 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 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
- 2.3x more core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 550 MHz
- 2.6x more texture fill rate: 58.2 GTexel / s vs 22 GTexel / s
- 2.1x better floating-point performance: 1,862 gflops vs 880.0 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
- 8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
- 3.9x more memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 1776 MHz
- 7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5027 vs 720
- Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 457 vs 416
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 25 October 2016 vs 9 January 2009 |
| Core clock speed | 1290 MHz vs 550 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 58.2 GTexel / s vs 22 GTexel / s |
| Floating-point performance | 1,862 gflops vs 880.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 55 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 512 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 7008 MHz vs 1776 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5027 vs 720 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 457 vs 416 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3360 vs 3350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3360 vs 3350 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
- Around 25% higher pipelines: 800 vs 640
| Pipelines | 800 vs 640 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5027 | 720 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 457 | 416 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 17476 | |
| 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 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3360 | 3350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7043 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3685 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3360 | 3350 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 122 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Pascal | TeraScale |
| Code name | GP107 | M98 |
| Launch date | 25 October 2016 | 9 January 2009 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $109 | |
| Place in performance rating | 600 | 597 |
| 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 | 550 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 640 | |
| Floating-point performance | 1,862 gflops | 880.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 55 nm |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 97 °C | |
| Pipelines | 640 | 800 |
| Texture fill rate | 58.2 GTexel / s | 22 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt | |
| Transistor count | 3,300 million | 956 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 |
| G-SYNC support | ||
| HDCP | ||
| Multi monitor support | ||
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 2.0 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) | 10.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
| Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 112 GB / s | 56.8 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7008 MHz | 1776 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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| 3D Vision | ||
| Ansel | ||
| CUDA | ||
| GameStream | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| Multi Monitor | ||
| Multi-Projection | ||
| ShadowWorks | ||
| VR Ready | ||
| 1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI | ||
| 1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer) | ||
| DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600 | ||
| HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio) | ||
| PCI-E 2.0 x16 | ||
| Powerplay | ||
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