Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition vs GeForce GTX 1050

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking389not rated
Place by popularity15not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation11.35no data
Power efficiency11.94no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGP107Tahiti
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date25 October 2016 (8 years ago)22 June 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109 $499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores6402048
Core clock speed1290 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1392 MHz1050 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt250 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate58.20134.4
Floating-point processing power1.862 TFLOPS4.301 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs40128

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0PCIe 2.1 x16
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length145 mm274 mm
Height4.38" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)300 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
SLI-no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB3 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1752 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s288 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsDP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
Eyefinity-+
HDMI++
HDCP2.2-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire-+
FreeSync-+
GameStream+-
GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)DirectX® 11
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 October 2016 22 June 2012
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 250 Watt

GTX 1050 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 233.3% lower power consumption.

HD 7970 GHz Edition, on the other hand, has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1050 and Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition. We've got no test results to judge.


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