GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon HD 6950

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 1050 and Radeon HD 6950. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 1050 and Radeon HD 6950. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Radeon HD 6950
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 500 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Recommended system power (PSU) 300 Watt
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  • Radeon HD 6950 has 566% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 1050.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6950 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6950.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 6950 - with TeraScale 3.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6950 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 6950 is 262 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 1050.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 is 5758 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 14−16
ultra / 1080p 21−24 8−9
QHD / 1440p 16−18 3−4
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 27−30
medium / 1080p 40−45 16−18
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1050 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 157% more, than Radeon HD 6950.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Radeon HD 6950
Architecture Pascal TeraScale 3
Code name N17P-G1 Cayman
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 25 October 2016 14 December 2010
Pipelines 640 1408
Core clock speed 1290 MHz
Boost Clock 1392 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 58.20 70.40
Floating-point performance 1,862 gflops 2,252.8 gflops
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm) 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
VR Ready +
DirectX 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 5.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.3 kh/s
CUDA cores 640
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 2.0 x16
Height 4.38" (11.1 cm)
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
HDCP 2.2
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 279 Mh/s 244 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.85 Gh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 143.76 Sol/s
Width 2-slot
GameStream +
GPU Boost 3.0
SLI -
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