NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q vs AMD Radeon HD 6950

General info

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

Place in performance rating	470	not rated
Value for money	0.61	no data
Architecture	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Cayman	GP107
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	14 December 2010 (12 years old)	1 February 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	no data
Current price	$410 (1.4x MSRP)	$1197

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	1408	768
Core clock speed	no data	1366 MHz
Boost clock speed	800 MHz	1442 MHz
Number of transistors	2,640 million	3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	500 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	70.40	69.22
Floating-point performance	2,252.8 gflops	no data

Dimensions 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).

Bus support	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None

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	2 GB	3 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	7008 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	84.1 GB/s

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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Eyefinity	1	no data
HDMI	+	no data
DisplayPort support	-	no data

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration	-	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	-	no data
HD3D	-	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	-	no data

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectX	DirectX® 11	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.0	6.4
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	no data	1.2.131
Mantle	-	no data
CUDA	no data	6.1

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of Radeon HD 6950 and GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)

244 Mh/s

no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	14 December 2010	1 February 2019
Memory bus width	256	96
Pipelines / CUDA cores	1408	768
Chip lithography	40 nm	14 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	500 Watt	75 Watt

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