Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB vs Radeon HD 7950
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
3072 Mb GDDR5
Released 21 May 2018
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VS
AMD
Radeon HD 7950
3072 Mb GDDR5
Released 31 Jan 2012
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Summary
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB121%
- Radeon HD 7950100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
- 21% higher gaming performance.
- 125 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7950 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 7950
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Mantle
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
The GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB | Radeon HD 7950 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP107 (GP107-301-A1) | Tahiti (Tahiti PRO) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 132 mm² | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,300 million | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 768 | 1792 |
| Compute Units | 6 | 28 |
| Core clock | 1392 MHz | 800 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | 32 |
| TMUs | 48 | 112 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB | Radeon HD 7950 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 96 bit | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB | Radeon HD 7950 |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | 200 watts |
| Release Date | 21 May 2018 | 31 Jan 2012 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB36.43 GP/s
- Radeon HD 795025.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB72.86 GT/s
- Radeon HD 795089.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB84.10 GB/s
- Radeon HD 7950240.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB2332.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 79502867.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Game benchmarks
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB62
- Radeon HD 795049
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB41
- Radeon HD 795035
FPS (higher is better)