Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
4096 Mb GDDR5
Released 25 Oct 2016
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VS
AMD
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
3072 Mb GDDR5
Released 22 Jun 2012
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Summary
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti100%
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition104%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
- 225 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition .
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 7970 GHz Edition
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 Ti | Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP107 (GP107-400-A1) | Tahiti (Tahiti XT2) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 132 mm² | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,300 million | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 768 | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 6 | 32 |
| Core clock | 1290 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 48 | 128 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 Ti | Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1050 Ti | Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | 300 watts |
| Release Date | 25 Oct 2016 | 22 Jun 2012 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti41.30 GP/s
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition32.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti61.90 GT/s
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition128.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti112.10 GB/s
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti1981.40 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition4096.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Game benchmarks
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti65
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition64
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti38
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition32
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti43
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition46
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti29
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition26
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti11
- Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition16
FPS (higher is better)