NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q vs AMD Radeon R9 270

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q 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 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 53% higher boost clock speed: 1417 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 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5357 vs 4306
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 293.638 vs 261.843
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8059 vs 3448
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8059 vs 3448
  • Around 38% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2219 vs 1603
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 January 2018 vs 13 November 2013
Boost clock speed 1417 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 5357 vs 4306
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 293.638 vs 261.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8059 vs 3448
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8059 vs 3448
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3347
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2219 vs 1603

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270

  • Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 74 GTexel / s vs 68.02 GTexel / s
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 768
  • Around 9% better floating-point performance: 2,368 gflops vs 2,177 gflops
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 567 vs 422
  • 3.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 74175 vs 19807
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 55.721 vs 54.188
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1282.039 vs 1159.046
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.927 vs 5.507
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 93.116 vs 82.067
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3699 vs 3579
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3699 vs 3579
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 74 GTexel / s vs 68.02 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 768
Floating-point performance 2,368 gflops vs 2,177 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 567 vs 422
Geekbench - OpenCL 74175 vs 19807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 55.721 vs 54.188
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1282.039 vs 1159.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.927 vs 5.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 93.116 vs 82.067
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3699 vs 3579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3699 vs 3579

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5357
4306
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
422
567
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
19807
74175
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
54.188
55.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1159.046
1282.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.507
5.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
82.067
93.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
293.638
261.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8059
3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3579
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8059
3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3579
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3347
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2219
1603
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q AMD Radeon R9 270
PassMark - G3D Mark 5357 4306
PassMark - G2D Mark 422 567
Geekbench - OpenCL 19807 74175
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.188 55.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1159.046 1282.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.507 5.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 82.067 93.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 293.638 261.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8059 3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3579 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8059 3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3579 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3347
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2219 1603

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q AMD Radeon R9 270

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP107 Curacao
Launch date 3 January 2018 13 November 2013
Place in performance rating 519 521
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $179

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1417 MHz 925 MHz
Core clock speed 1152 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,177 gflops 2,368 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 1280
Texture fill rate 68.02 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 No outputs 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
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Length 210 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 179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

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