Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
AMD Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
Combined performance score
Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire outperforms GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile by 5% in our combined benchmark results.
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in performance ranking | 321 | 310 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Value for money | 9.08 | 30.64 |
Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | GCN (2011−2017) |
GPU code name | GP107 | Wimbledon XT |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Release date | 3 January 2017 (7 years old) | 1 May 2012 (11 years old) |
Current price | $545 | $126 |
HD 7970M Crossfire has 237% better value for money than GTX 1050 Ti Mobile.
Technical specs
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 768 | 2560 |
CUDA cores | 768 | no data |
Core clock speed | 1493 MHz | 850 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 1620 MHz | no data |
Number of transistors | 3,300 million | no data |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 200 Watt |
Maximum GPU temperature | 97 °C | no data |
Texture fill rate | 77.76 | no data |
Size and compatibility
Information on GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
Laptop size | large | large |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | no data |
Memory
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 | 4 GB | no data |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 2x 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 7 GB/s | 4800 MHz |
Memory bandwidth | 112 GB/s | no data |
Shared memory | - | - |
Video outputs and ports
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 | No outputs | no data |
G-SYNC support | + | no data |
Technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
Ansel | + | no data |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 11.1 |
Shader Model | 6.4 | no data |
OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
OpenCL | 1.2 | no data |
Vulkan | 1.2.131 | no data |
CUDA | + | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire outperforms GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile by 5% in our combined benchmark results.
3DMark Vantage Performance
3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.
Benchmark coverage: 17%
Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire outperforms GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile by 1% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.
3DMark 11 Performance GPU
3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.
Benchmark coverage: 17%
Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire outperforms GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile by 16% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
900p | 120−130
−10%
| 132
+10%
|
Full HD | 56
−82.1%
| 102
+82.1%
|
1440p | 25
+4.2%
| 24−27
−4.2%
|
4K | 17
+6.3%
| 16−18
−6.3%
|
Performance in popular games
Full HD
Medium Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 43
+30.3%
|
30−35
−30.3%
|
Battlefield 5 | 59
+7.3%
|
55−60
−7.3%
|
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 47
+14.6%
|
40−45
−14.6%
|
Far Cry 5 | 47
+11.9%
|
40−45
−11.9%
|
Far Cry New Dawn | 46
+4.5%
|
40−45
−4.5%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 62
+10.7%
|
55−60
−10.7%
|
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 33
+22.2%
|
27−30
−22.2%
|
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 39
+14.7%
|
30−35
−14.7%
|
Full HD
High Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 37
+12.1%
|
30−35
−12.1%
|
Battlefield 5 | 49
−12.2%
|
55−60
+12.2%
|
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 33
−24.2%
|
40−45
+24.2%
|
Far Cry 5 | 44
+4.8%
|
40−45
−4.8%
|
Far Cry New Dawn | 42
−4.8%
|
40−45
+4.8%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 57
+1.8%
|
55−60
−1.8%
|
Metro Exodus | 19
−31.6%
|
24−27
+31.6%
|
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 24−27
−8%
|
27−30
+8%
|
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 33
−3%
|
30−35
+3%
|
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 47
+38.2%
|
30−35
−38.2%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 23
−43.5%
|
30−35
+43.5%
|
Battlefield 5 | 42
−31%
|
55−60
+31%
|
Far Cry 5 | 40
−5%
|
40−45
+5%
|
Far Cry New Dawn | 38
−15.8%
|
40−45
+15.8%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 43
−30.2%
|
55−60
+30.2%
|
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 26
−30.8%
|
30−35
+30.8%
|
1440p
High Preset
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 21
−14.3%
|
24−27
+14.3%
|
Metro Exodus | 12
−25%
|
14−16
+25%
|
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 10−12
−9.1%
|
12−14
+9.1%
|
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 17
−17.6%
|
20−22
+17.6%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 16−18
−6.3%
|
16−18
+6.3%
|
Battlefield 5 | 29
−17.2%
|
30−35
+17.2%
|
Far Cry 5 | 26
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
Far Cry New Dawn | 27
−11.1%
|
30−33
+11.1%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 30−33
−6.7%
|
30−35
+6.7%
|
4K
High Preset
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 4
−175%
|
10−12
+175%
|
Metro Exodus | 7
−14.3%
|
8−9
+14.3%
|
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 8−9
−12.5%
|
9−10
+12.5%
|
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 8
−25%
|
10−11
+25%
|
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 17
+13.3%
|
14−16
−13.3%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 9−10
−11.1%
|
10−11
+11.1%
|
Battlefield 5 | 16−18
−6.3%
|
16−18
+6.3%
|
Far Cry 5 | 12
−8.3%
|
12−14
+8.3%
|
Far Cry New Dawn | 13
−23.1%
|
16−18
+23.1%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 21−24
−4.8%
|
21−24
+4.8%
|
This is how GTX 1050 Ti Mobile and HD 7970M Crossfire compete in popular games:
900p resolution:
- HD 7970M Crossfire is 10% faster than GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
1080p resolution:
- HD 7970M Crossfire is 82.1% faster than GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
1440p resolution:
- GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is 4.2% faster than HD 7970M Crossfire
4K resolution:
- GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is 6.3% faster than HD 7970M Crossfire
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is 38.2% faster than the HD 7970M Crossfire.
- in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the HD 7970M Crossfire is 175% faster than the GTX 1050 Ti Mobile.
All in all, in popular games:
- GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is ahead in 13 tests (30%)
- HD 7970M Crossfire is ahead in 29 tests (67%)
- there's a draw in 1 test (2%)
Advantages and disadvantages
Performance score | 15.27 | 16.00 |
Recency | 3 January 2017 | 1 May 2012 |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 28 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 200 Watt |
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire. The differences in performance seem too small.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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