NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Notebook) vs AMD Radeon HD 8970M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Notebook) and AMD Radeon HD 8970M 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 (Notebook)

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 76% higher core clock speed: 1493 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • Around 91% higher boost clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 77.76 GTexel / s vs 72 GTexel / s
  • Around 8% better floating-point performance: 2,488 gflops vs 2,304 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • Around 46% higher memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 4800 MHz
  • Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5919 vs 3876
  • Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 20734 vs 20588
  • Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 75.758 vs 57.241
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 301.168 vs 268.643
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8496 vs 2521
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3336 vs 2595
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8496 vs 2521
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3336 vs 2595
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 February 2017 vs 14 May 2013
Core clock speed 1493 MHz vs 850 MHz
Boost clock speed 1620 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate 77.76 GTexel / s vs 72 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 2,488 gflops vs 2,304 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 100 Watt
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5919 vs 3876
Geekbench - OpenCL 20734 vs 20588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 75.758 vs 57.241
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 301.168 vs 268.643
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8496 vs 2521
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3336 vs 2595
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8496 vs 2521
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3336 vs 2595

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970M

  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 768
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 807 vs 323
  • Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1223.742 vs 843.503
  • Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.78 vs 5.071
  • 3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 89.306 vs 24.676
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1280 vs 768
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 807 vs 323
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1223.742 vs 843.503
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.78 vs 5.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 89.306 vs 24.676
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3688 vs 3687
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3688 vs 3687

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Notebook)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8970M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5919
3876
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
323
807
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
20734
20588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
75.758
57.241
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
843.503
1223.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.071
5.78
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.676
89.306
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
301.168
268.643
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8496
2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3687
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3336
2595
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8496
2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3687
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3336
2595
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Notebook) AMD Radeon HD 8970M
PassMark - G3D Mark 5919 3876
PassMark - G2D Mark 323 807
Geekbench - OpenCL 20734 20588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 75.758 57.241
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 843.503 1223.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.071 5.78
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.676 89.306
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 301.168 268.643
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8496 2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3687 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3336 2595
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8496 2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3687 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3336 2595
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2340 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Notebook) AMD Radeon HD 8970M

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP106B Neptune
Launch date 1 February 2017 14 May 2013
Place in performance rating 556 555
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1620 MHz 850 MHz
Core clock speed 1493 MHz 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,488 gflops 2,304 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 1280
Texture fill rate 77.76 GTexel / s 72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 2,800 million
Compute units 20

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
G-SYNC support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 112.1 GB / s 153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
AMD Eyefinity
PowerTune
ZeroCore