NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q vs AMD Radeon R7 260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q and AMD Radeon R7 260 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 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 1417 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • Around 42% higher texture fill rate: 68.02 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
  • Around 42% better floating-point performance: 2,177 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 4.3x more memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 1625 MHz
  • Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5371 vs 2892
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 54.188 vs 26.189
  • Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1159.046 vs 798.239
  • Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.507 vs 4.223
  • Around 81% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 82.067 vs 45.294
  • Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 293.638 vs 240.395
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 January 2018 vs 17 December 2013
Boost clock speed 1417 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Texture fill rate 68.02 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 2,177 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 115 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz vs 1625 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5371 vs 2892
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.188 vs 26.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1159.046 vs 798.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.507 vs 4.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 82.067 vs 45.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 293.638 vs 240.395

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260

  • Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 559 vs 356
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 559 vs 356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 260

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5371
2892
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
356
559
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
54.188
26.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1159.046
798.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.507
4.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
82.067
45.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
293.638
240.395
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q AMD Radeon R7 260
PassMark - G3D Mark 5371 2892
PassMark - G2D Mark 356 559
Geekbench - OpenCL 18039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.188 26.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1159.046 798.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.507 4.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 82.067 45.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 293.638 240.395
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8059
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3579
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8059
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3579
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2219

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q AMD Radeon R7 260

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 2.0
Code name GP107 Bonaire
Launch date 3 January 2018 17 December 2013
Place in performance rating 519 555
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $109
Price now $89.99
Value for money (0-100) 44.11

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1417 MHz 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 1152 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,177 gflops 1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 768
Texture fill rate 68.02 GTexel / s 48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 115 Watt
Transistor count 3,300 million 2,080 million
Stream Processors 896

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x 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
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Length 170 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 112.1 GB / s 104 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 1625 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync