ATI Radeon HD 5950 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

General info

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

Place in performance rating	257	not rated
Place by popularity	3	no data
Value for money	12.81	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	N17P-G1	Hemlock
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	25 October 2016 (6 years old)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$139	no data
Current price	$210 (1.5x MSRP)	$37

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	1440
CUDA cores	768	no data
Core clock speed	1291 MHz	725 MHz
Boost clock speed	1392 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,300 million	2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	40 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	75 Watt	302 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	66.82	52.20
Floating-point performance	2,138 gflops	no data

Size and compatibility

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

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	280 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Memory

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

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	128.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.3a, 1x DisplayPort 1.1
HDMI	+	+
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Technologies

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

VR Ready	+	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API support

List of supported APIs, including specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.4	5.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and Radeon HD 5950. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)	326 Mh/s	no data
Decred / DCR (Decred)	1.01 Gh/s	no data
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)	12.62 Mh/s	no data
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight)	0.3 kh/s	no data
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash)	156.48 Sol/s	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Memory bus width	128	256
Pipelines / CUDA cores	768	1440
Memory bandwidth	112	128
Chip lithography	16 nm	40 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	75 Watt	302 Watt

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