Radeon HD 6870 vs GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile with Radeon HD 6870, including specs and performance data.

GTX 1050 Mobile
2017
4000 MB GDDR5, 75 Watt
11.33
+102%

GTX 1050 Mobile outperforms HD 6870 by a whopping 102% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking424609
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.98
Power efficiency10.612.61
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGP107BBarts
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date3 January 2017 (8 years ago)21 October 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$239

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores6401120
Core clock speed1354 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1493 MHz900 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt151 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate59.7250.40
Floating-point processing power1.911 TFLOPS2.016 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs4056

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0PCIe 2.0 x16
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data220 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 6-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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4000 MB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed7008 MHz1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s134.4 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsDP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
Eyefinity-+
HDMI-+
HDCP2.2-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire-+
GameStream+-
GPU Boost3.0no data
Ansel+-

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)DirectX® 11
Shader Model6.45.0
OpenGL4.54.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA+-

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.

GTX 1050 Mobile 11.33
+102%
HD 6870 5.62

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.

GTX 1050 Mobile 7693
+82.4%
HD 6870 4218

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.

GTX 1050 Mobile 26560
+49.4%
HD 6870 17773

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.

GTX 1050 Mobile 6068
+93.2%
HD 6870 3141

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 1050 Mobile 38042
+43.9%
HD 6870 26437

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:

900p73
+28.1%
57
−28.1%
Full HD46
−37%
63
+37%
1200p75−80
+92.3%
39
−92.3%
1440p24
+140%
10−12
−140%
4K15
+114%
7−8
−114%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data3.79
1440pno data23.90
4Kno data34.14

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 51
+122%
21−24
−122%
Far Cry 5 39
+144%
16−18
−144%
Fortnite 132
+313%
30−35
−313%
Forza Horizon 4 55
+120%
24−27
−120%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 46
+130%
20−22
−130%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 44
+91.3%
21−24
−91.3%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 150−160
−18.9%
189
+18.9%
Dota 2 126
+180%
45−50
−180%
Far Cry 5 36
+125%
16−18
−125%
Fortnite 51
+59.4%
30−35
−59.4%
Forza Horizon 4 52
+108%
24−27
−108%
Grand Theft Auto V 42
+121%
18−20
−121%
Metro Exodus 19
+90%
10−11
−90%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 41
+105%
20−22
−105%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 39
+160%
14−16
−160%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 37
+60.9%
21−24
−60.9%
Dota 2 115
+156%
45−50
−156%
Far Cry 5 33
+106%
16−18
−106%
Forza Horizon 4 37
+48%
24−27
−48%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 29
+45%
20−22
−45%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 22
+46.7%
14−16
−46.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 39
+21.9%
30−35
−21.9%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 80−85
+100%
40−45
−100%
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+167%
6−7
−167%
Metro Exodus 11
+175%
4−5
−175%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 26
+271%
7−8
−271%
Far Cry 5 21
+110%
10−11
−110%
Forza Horizon 4 26
+100%
12−14
−100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 25
+127%
10−12
−127%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 21−24
+29.4%
16−18
−29.4%
Metro Exodus 7
+133%
3−4
−133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+550%
2−3
−550%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 13
+333%
3−4
−333%
Dota 2 34
+78.9%
18−20
−78.9%
Far Cry 5 11
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Forza Horizon 4 15
+87.5%
8−9
−87.5%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12
+140%
5−6
−140%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 10
+100%
5−6
−100%

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Valorant 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Valorant 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Valorant 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Valorant 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 0−1 0−1
Valorant 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

This is how GTX 1050 Mobile and HD 6870 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1050 Mobile is 28% faster in 900p
  • HD 6870 is 37% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1050 Mobile is 92% faster in 1200p
  • GTX 1050 Mobile is 140% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1050 Mobile is 114% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 1050 Mobile is 550% faster.
  • in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the HD 6870 is 19% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 1050 Mobile is ahead in 36 tests (56%)
  • HD 6870 is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • there's a draw in 27 tests (42%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.33 5.62
Recency 3 January 2017 21 October 2010
Maximum RAM amount 4000 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 151 Watt

GTX 1050 Mobile has a 101.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 290.6% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 101.3% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6870 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile is a notebook card while Radeon HD 6870 is a desktop one.

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