Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs Radeon R9 280X
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
4096 Mb GDDR5
Released 25 Oct 2016
DESKTOP
VS
AMD
Radeon R9 280X
3072 Mb GDDR5
Released 8 Oct 2013
DESKTOP
Summary
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti100%
- Radeon R9 280X104%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
- 175 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 280X .
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 R9 280X
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 (14 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 Ti | Radeon R9 280X |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP107 (GP107-400-A1) | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
| 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 | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 48 | 128 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 Ti | Radeon R9 280X |
|---|
| 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 R9 280X |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 25 Oct 2016 | 8 Oct 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti41.30 GP/s
- Radeon R9 280X27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti61.90 GT/s
- Radeon R9 280X109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti112.10 GB/s
- Radeon R9 280X288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti1981.40 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 280X3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Game benchmarks
Anno 2205
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti42
- Radeon R9 280X40
FPS (higher is better)
Far Cry Primal
DX11, Very High Settings
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti47
- Radeon R9 280X49
FPS (higher is better)
Gears of War 4
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti54
- Radeon R9 280X48
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti65
- Radeon R9 280X63
FPS (higher is better)
Sniper Elite 4
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti39
- Radeon R9 280X42
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti38
- Radeon R9 280X30
FPS (higher is better)
Anno 2205
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti29
- Radeon R9 280X30
FPS (higher is better)
Far Cry Primal
DX11, Very High Settings
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti31
- Radeon R9 280X35
FPS (higher is better)
Gears of War 4
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti35
- Radeon R9 280X32
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti43
- Radeon R9 280X47
FPS (higher is better)
Sniper Elite 4
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti29
- Radeon R9 280X32
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti29
- Radeon R9 280X25
FPS (higher is better)
Sniper Elite 4
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti17
- Radeon R9 280X22
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- GeForce GTX 1050 Ti11
- Radeon R9 280X16
FPS (higher is better)