NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) and AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 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 Ti (Desktop)

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 39% higher boost clock speed: 1392 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
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6321 vs 4619
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 648 vs 590
  • Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 75.758 vs 55.446
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.071 vs 4.68
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 301.168 vs 294.215
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8496 vs 6821
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8496 vs 6821
  • Around 41% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2336 vs 1651
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 October 2016 vs 5 March 2012
Boost clock speed 1392 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 225 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6321 vs 4619
PassMark - G2D Mark 648 vs 590
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 75.758 vs 55.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.071 vs 4.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 301.168 vs 294.215
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8496 vs 6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8496 vs 6821
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2336 vs 1651

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

  • Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 80 GTexel / s vs 66.82 GTexel / s
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 768
  • Around 20% better floating-point performance: 2,560 gflops vs 2,138 gflops
  • 171.4x more memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 7 GB/s
  • 3.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 77430 vs 20725
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 952.668 vs 843.503
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 64.456 vs 24.676
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 3687
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3336
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 3687
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3336
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 80 GTexel / s vs 66.82 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 768
Floating-point performance 2,560 gflops vs 2,138 gflops
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz vs 7 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 77430 vs 20725
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 952.668 vs 843.503
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 64.456 vs 24.676
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 vs 3687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 vs 3687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3336

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6321
4619
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
648
590
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
20725
77430
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
75.758
55.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
843.503
952.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.071
4.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.676
64.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
301.168
294.215
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8496
6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3687
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3336
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8496
6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3687
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3336
3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2336
1651
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark 6321 4619
PassMark - G2D Mark 648 590
Geekbench - OpenCL 20725 77430
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 75.758 55.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 843.503 952.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.071 4.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.676 64.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 301.168 294.215
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8496 6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3687 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3336 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8496 6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3687 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3336 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2336 1651

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP107 Pitcairn
Launch date 25 October 2016 5 March 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $139 $349
Place in performance rating 476 474
Price now $159.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 46.07
Design AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1392 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 1392 MHz
CUDA cores 768
Floating-point performance 2,138 gflops 2,560 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C
Pipelines 768 1280
Texture fill rate 66.82 GTexel / s 80 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 3,300 million 2,800 million
Stream Processors 1024

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
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 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB / s 153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7 GB/s 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync