Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile vs Radeon HD 7950
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon HD 7950 with GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile, including specs and performance data.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 413 | 410 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 2.14 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 4.24 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) | Pascal (2016−2021) |
| GPU code name | Tahiti | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Design | reference | no data |
| Release date | 31 January 2012 (13 years ago) | April 2018 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $449 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
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 cores | 1792 | 768 |
| Compute units | 28 | no data |
| Core clock speed | no data | 1366 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1250 MHz | 1442 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,313 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 89.60 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.867 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | no data |
| TMUs | 112 | no data |
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 support | PCIe 3.0 x16 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | no data |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 3 MB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 96 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 1752 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 240 GB/s | 84 GB/s |
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 Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | no data |
| Eyefinity | + | - |
| Number of Eyefinity displays | 6 | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| G-SYNC support | - | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| AppAcceleration | + | - |
| CrossFire | + | - |
| FreeSync | + | - |
| PowerTune | + | - |
| ZeroCore | + | - |
| Multi-Projection | no data | + |
| Multi Monitor | no data | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 11 | no data |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | no data |
| Vulkan | - | + |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 10.65 | 10.69 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 3 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
HD 7950 has a 102300% higher maximum VRAM amount.
Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile, on the other hand, has a 0.4% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Radeon HD 7950 and GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile.
Be aware that Radeon HD 7950 is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile is a notebook one.
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