NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon R9 270

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) and AMD Radeon R9 270 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 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 50% higher boost 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
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6332 vs 4306
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 650 vs 567
  • Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 75.758 vs 55.721
  • Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 301.168 vs 261.843
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8496 vs 3448
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8496 vs 3448
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 October 2016 vs 13 November 2013
Boost clock speed 1392 MHz vs 925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6332 vs 4306
PassMark - G2D Mark 650 vs 567
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 75.758 vs 55.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 301.168 vs 261.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8496 vs 3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8496 vs 3448

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270

  • Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 74 GTexel / s vs 66.82 GTexel / s
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 768
  • Around 11% better floating-point performance: 2,368 gflops vs 2,138 gflops
  • 3.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 74175 vs 20732
  • Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1282.039 vs 843.503
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.927 vs 5.071
  • 3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 93.116 vs 24.676
  • 5.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1603 vs 305
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 74 GTexel / s vs 66.82 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 768
Floating-point performance 2,368 gflops vs 2,138 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 74175 vs 20732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1282.039 vs 843.503
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.927 vs 5.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 93.116 vs 24.676
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3699 vs 3687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3347 vs 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3699 vs 3687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3347 vs 3336
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1603 vs 305

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6332
4306
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
650
567
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
20732
74175
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
75.758
55.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
843.503
1282.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.071
5.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.676
93.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
301.168
261.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8496
3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3687
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3336
3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8496
3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3687
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3336
3347
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
305
1603
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) AMD Radeon R9 270
PassMark - G3D Mark 6332 4306
PassMark - G2D Mark 650 567
Geekbench - OpenCL 20732 74175
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 75.758 55.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 843.503 1282.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.071 5.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.676 93.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 301.168 261.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8496 3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3687 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3336 3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8496 3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3687 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3336 3347
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 305 1603

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) AMD Radeon R9 270

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP107 Curacao
Launch date 25 October 2016 13 November 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $139 $179
Place in performance rating 487 501
Price now $159.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 46.07
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1392 MHz 925 MHz
Core clock speed 1392 MHz
CUDA cores 768
Floating-point performance 2,138 gflops 2,368 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C
Pipelines 768 1280
Texture fill rate 66.82 GTexel / s 74 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 3,300 million 2,800 million
Stream Processors 1280

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x 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 210 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB / s 179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)