NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q vs AMD Radeon HD 6990

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking485not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money1.55no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameAntillesGP107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date8 March 2011 (13 years old)1 February 2019 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 no data
Current price$144 (0.2x 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 cores1536768
Core clock speed830 MHz1366 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1442 MHz
Number of transistors2,640 million3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)375 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate79.6869.22
Floating-point performance2x 2,549.8 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length295 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-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 speed5000 MHz7008 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s84.1 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 Connectors1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.4
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDAno data6.1

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 8 March 2011 1 February 2019
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 375 Watt 75 Watt

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