Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon HD 7950
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 1050
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 25 Oct 2016
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VS
AMD
Radeon HD 7950
3072 Mb GDDR5
Released 31 Jan 2012
DESKTOP
Summary
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 1050114%
- Radeon HD 7950100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1050
- 14% 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
The GeForce GTX 1050 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 | Radeon HD 7950 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP107 (GP107-300-A1) | Tahiti (Tahiti PRO) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 132 mm² | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,300 million | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 640 | 1792 |
| Compute Units | 5 | 28 |
| Core clock | 1354 MHz | 800 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 40 | 112 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 | Radeon HD 7950 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1050 | Radeon HD 7950 |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | 200 watts |
| Release Date | 25 Oct 2016 | 31 Jan 2012 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 105043.30 GP/s
- Radeon HD 795025.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 105054.20 GT/s
- Radeon HD 795089.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 1050112.10 GB/s
- Radeon HD 7950240.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 10501733.10 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 105058
- Radeon HD 795049
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 105039
- Radeon HD 795035
FPS (higher is better)