Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid Cooling vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking	306	not rated
Place by popularity	7	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	6.17	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code name	N17P-G1	Vega 10
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	25 October 2016 (7 years ago)	7 August 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$139	$699
Current price	$207 (1.5x MSRP)	$246 (0.4x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	768	4096
CUDA cores	768	no data
Core clock speed	1291 MHz	1408 MHz
Boost clock speed	1392 MHz	1668 MHz
Number of transistors	3,300 million	12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	345 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	66.82	427.0
Floating-point performance	2,138 gflops	14,336 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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	282 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin

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	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	1890 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	483.8 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	+	+
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported GPU 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.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.1.125
CUDA	+	no data

Pros & Cons Summary

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Recency	25 October 2016	7 August 2017
Cost	$139	$699
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	345 Watt

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