NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon R9 280X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) and AMD Radeon R9 280X 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 3 year(s) 0 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
  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6319 vs 6164
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 October 2016 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed 1392 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6319 vs 6164

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X

  • Around 92% higher texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 66.82 GTexel / s
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 2048 vs 768
  • Around 92% better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 2,138 gflops
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 677 vs 648
  • Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 89.187 vs 75.758
  • Around 70% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1434.496 vs 843.503
  • Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.656 vs 5.071
  • 3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 87.459 vs 24.676
  • Around 64% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 493.57 vs 301.168
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9603 vs 8496
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3336
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9603 vs 8496
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3336
  • Around 1% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2351 vs 2337
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 128.0 GTexel / s vs 66.82 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2048 vs 768
Floating-point performance 4,096 gflops vs 2,138 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 677 vs 648
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 89.187 vs 75.758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1434.496 vs 843.503
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.656 vs 5.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 87.459 vs 24.676
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 493.57 vs 301.168
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9603 vs 8496
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3700 vs 3687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9603 vs 8496
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3700 vs 3687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3336
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2351 vs 2337

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6319
6164
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
648
677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
75.758
89.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
843.503
1434.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.071
7.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.676
87.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
301.168
493.57
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8496
9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3687
3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3336
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8496
9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3687
3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3336
3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2337
2351
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) AMD Radeon R9 280X
PassMark - G3D Mark 6319 6164
PassMark - G2D Mark 648 677
Geekbench - OpenCL 20729
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 75.758 89.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 843.503 1434.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.071 7.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.676 87.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 301.168 493.57
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8496 9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3687 3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3336 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8496 9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3687 3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3336 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2337 2351

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) AMD Radeon R9 280X

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP107 Tahiti
Launch date 25 October 2016 8 October 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $139 $299
Place in performance rating 483 394
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 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 1392 MHz
CUDA cores 768
Floating-point performance 2,138 gflops 4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C
Pipelines 768 2048
Texture fill rate 66.82 GTexel / s 128.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 3,300 million 4,313 million
Stream Processors 2048

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 275 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-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 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB / s 288 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 7 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

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