NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q vs AMD Radeon HD 7850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q and AMD Radeon HD 7850 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 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 1417 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 24% higher texture fill rate: 68.02 GTexel / s vs 55.04 GTexel / s
  • Around 24% better floating-point performance: 2,177 gflops vs 1,761 gflops
  • 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
  • 5.8x more memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5373 vs 3855
  • Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 54.188 vs 47.041
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1159.046 vs 1028.005
  • Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.507 vs 4.41
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 82.067 vs 72.975
  • Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 293.638 vs 249.482
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8059 vs 6173
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8059 vs 6173
  • Around 69% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2219 vs 1312
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 January 2018 vs 5 March 2012
Boost clock speed 1417 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 68.02 GTexel / s vs 55.04 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 2,177 gflops vs 1,761 gflops
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
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5373 vs 3855
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.188 vs 47.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1159.046 vs 1028.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.507 vs 4.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 82.067 vs 72.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 293.638 vs 249.482
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8059 vs 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8059 vs 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2219 vs 1312

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7850

  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 768
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 561 vs 355
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3696 vs 3579
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3696 vs 3579
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1024 vs 768
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 561 vs 355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3696 vs 3579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3696 vs 3579

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7850

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5373
3855
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
355
561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
54.188
47.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1159.046
1028.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.507
4.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
82.067
72.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
293.638
249.482
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8059
6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3579
3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8059
6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3579
3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2219
1312
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q AMD Radeon HD 7850
PassMark - G3D Mark 5373 3855
PassMark - G2D Mark 355 561
Geekbench - OpenCL 18143
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.188 47.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1159.046 1028.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.507 4.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 82.067 72.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 293.638 249.482
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8059 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3579 3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8059 6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3579 3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2219 1312

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q AMD Radeon HD 7850

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP107 Pitcairn
Launch date 3 January 2018 5 March 2012
Place in performance rating 521 526
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $249
Price now $449.59
Value for money (0-100) 11.01

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1417 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 1152 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,177 gflops 1,761 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 1024
Texture fill rate 68.02 GTexel / s 55.04 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 3,300 million 2,800 million
Stream Processors 1200

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 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
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
Length 210 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 112.1 GB / s 153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync