Radeon R7 A265 vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and Radeon R7 A265, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 1050 Ti
2016
4 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
16.36
+537%

GTX 1050 Ti outperforms R7 A265 by a whopping 537% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking309785
Place by popularity7not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.890.07
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameN17P-G1Opal
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date25 October 2016 (7 years ago)9 January 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$139 no data
Current price$207 (1.5x MSRP)$324

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1050 Ti has 8314% better value for money than R7 A265.

Detailed specifications

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 cores768384
CUDA cores768no data
Core clock speed1291 MHz725 MHz
Boost clock speed1392 MHz825 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate66.8219.80
Floating-point performance2,138 gflops633.6 gflops

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length145 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed7008 MHz1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s28.8 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data
G-SYNC support+no data

Supported 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 compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
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.

GTX 1050 Ti 16.36
+537%
R7 A265 2.57

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti outperforms Radeon R7 A265 by 537% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 1050 Ti 6317
+536%
R7 A265 993

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti outperforms Radeon R7 A265 by 536% in Passmark.

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:

Full HD53
+563%
8−9
−563%
1440p30
+650%
4−5
−650%
4K27
+575%
4−5
−575%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 160−170
+515%
24−27
−515%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 300−310
+525%
48
−525%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 170−180
+530%
27−30
−530%
Battlefield 5 300−310
+466%
53
−466%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 210−220
+536%
30−35
−536%
Cyberpunk 2077 160−170
+515%
24−27
−515%
Far Cry 5 240−250
+532%
35−40
−532%
Far Cry New Dawn 280−290
+536%
40−45
−536%
Forza Horizon 4 400−450
+480%
69
−480%
Hitman 3 200−210
+525%
30−35
−525%
Horizon Zero Dawn 400−450
+515%
65−70
−515%
Metro Exodus 350−400
+525%
56
−525%
Red Dead Redemption 2 280−290
+522%
45−50
−522%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 400−450
+497%
67
−497%
Watch Dogs: Legion 300−310
+477%
50−55
−477%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 250−260
+525%
40
−525%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 170−180
+530%
27−30
−530%
Battlefield 5 280−290
+536%
44
−536%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 210−220
+536%
30−35
−536%
Cyberpunk 2077 160−170
+515%
24−27
−515%
Far Cry 5 220−230
+529%
35
−529%
Far Cry New Dawn 260−270
+534%
41
−534%
Forza Horizon 4 450−500
+484%
75−80
−484%
Hitman 3 200−210
+525%
30−35
−525%
Horizon Zero Dawn 400−450
+515%
65−70
−515%
Metro Exodus 280−290
+522%
45
−522%
Red Dead Redemption 2 280−290
+522%
45−50
−522%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 300−310
+500%
50
−500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 300−310
+512%
49
−512%
Watch Dogs: Legion 300−310
+477%
50−55
−477%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 150−160
+525%
24
−525%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 170−180
+530%
27−30
−530%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 210−220
+536%
30−35
−536%
Cyberpunk 2077 160−170
+515%
24−27
−515%
Far Cry 5 170−180
+530%
27
−530%
Forza Horizon 4 280−290
+522%
45
−522%
Horizon Zero Dawn 280−290
+522%
45
−522%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 270−280
+528%
43
−528%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 160−170
+515%
26
−515%
Watch Dogs: Legion 300−310
+477%
50−55
−477%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 280−290
+522%
45−50
−522%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 200−210
+525%
30−35
−525%
Far Cry New Dawn 180−190
+521%
29
−521%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 100−105
+488%
16−18
−488%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 85−90
+507%
14−16
−507%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
+500%
20−22
−500%
Cyberpunk 2077 55−60
+511%
9−10
−511%
Far Cry 5 170−180
+530%
27−30
−530%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+513%
30−35
−513%
Hitman 3 120−130
+532%
18−20
−532%
Horizon Zero Dawn 200−210
+525%
32
−525%
Metro Exodus 180−190
+521%
29
−521%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 190−200
+533%
30
−533%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 110−120
+511%
18−20
−511%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+500%
10−11
−500%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 170−180
+530%
27−30
−530%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 100−105
+525%
16−18
−525%
Far Cry New Dawn 75−80
+525%
12−14
−525%
Hitman 3 75−80
+525%
12−14
−525%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+511%
18−20
−511%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 60−65
+500%
10−11
−500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 100−105
+525%
16−18
−525%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 55−60
+511%
9−10
−511%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 50−55
+525%
8−9
−525%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+525%
8−9
−525%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+511%
9−10
−511%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+500%
20
−500%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+511%
18
−511%
Metro Exodus 85−90
+507%
14
−507%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+483%
6−7
−483%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+533%
14−16
−533%

This is how GTX 1050 Ti and R7 A265 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1050 Ti is 563% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1050 Ti is 650% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1050 Ti is 575% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 16.36 2.57
Recency 25 October 2016 9 January 2014
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 A265 in performance tests.


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