NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q vs AMD Radeon Sky 500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q and AMD Radeon Sky 500 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) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1152 MHz vs 950 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
  • Around 46% higher memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 4800 MHz
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5357 vs 4709
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1159.046 vs 1096.68
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.507 vs 5.352
  • Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 293.638 vs 247.642
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8059 vs 3585
  • Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3579 vs 2116
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8059 vs 3585
  • Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3579 vs 2116
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 January 2018 vs 27 March 2013
Core clock speed 1152 MHz vs 950 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5357 vs 4709
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1159.046 vs 1096.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.507 vs 5.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 293.638 vs 247.642
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8059 vs 3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3579 vs 2116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8059 vs 3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3579 vs 2116

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Sky 500

  • Around 12% higher texture fill rate: 76 GTexel / s vs 68.02 GTexel / s
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 768
  • Around 12% better floating-point performance: 2,432 gflops vs 2,177 gflops
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 572 vs 422
  • 3.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 74902 vs 19807
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 54.669 vs 54.188
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 89.633 vs 82.067
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5116 vs 3358
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5116 vs 3358
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 76 GTexel / s vs 68.02 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 768
Floating-point performance 2,432 gflops vs 2,177 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 572 vs 422
Geekbench - OpenCL 74902 vs 19807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.669 vs 54.188
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 89.633 vs 82.067
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5116 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5116 vs 3358

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Sky 500

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5357
4709
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
422
572
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
19807
74902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
54.188
54.669
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1159.046
1096.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.507
5.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
82.067
89.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
293.638
247.642
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8059
3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3579
2116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
5116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8059
3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3579
2116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
5116
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q AMD Radeon Sky 500
PassMark - G3D Mark 5357 4709
PassMark - G2D Mark 422 572
Geekbench - OpenCL 19807 74902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.188 54.669
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1159.046 1096.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.507 5.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 82.067 89.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 293.638 247.642
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8059 3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3579 2116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 5116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8059 3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3579 2116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 5116
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2219

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q AMD Radeon Sky 500

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP107 Pitcairn
Launch date 3 January 2018 27 March 2013
Place in performance rating 519 517
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1417 MHz
Core clock speed 1152 MHz 950 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,177 gflops 2,432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 1280
Texture fill rate 68.02 GTexel / s 76 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 3,300 million 2,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support

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 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Length 242 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 112.1 GB / s 154 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready