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

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking524not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.52no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameCaymanGP107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date14 December 2010 (13 years old)1 February 2019 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data
Current price$320 (1.1x MSRP)$1197
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1408768
Core clock speedno data1366 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHz1442 MHz
Number of transistors2,640 million3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)500 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate70.4069.22
Floating-point performance2,252.8 gflopsno 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 graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 2.0 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

Memory

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 amount2 GB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz7008 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data84.1 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinity1no 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
CrossFire1no data
Enduro-no data
HD3D-no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore-no data

API support

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.4
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkanno data1.2.131
Mantle-no data
CUDAno data6.1

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 14 December 2010 1 February 2019
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 500 Watt 75 Watt

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