GeForce GTX 1050 mobile vs Radeon HD 6970

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and Radeon HD 6970, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 1050 mobile stacks up against Radeon HD 6970, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 1050 mobile here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 mobile Radeon HD 6970
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 550 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 DDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6970 has 633% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 1050 mobile.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6970 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6970.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 6970 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 6970 - with Terascale 2.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6970 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is 5633 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 14−16
ultra / 1080p 14−16 9−10
QHD / 1440p 8−9 3−4
4K / 2160p 6−7
low / 720p 40−45 30−35
medium / 1080p 27−30 18−20
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 53% more, than Radeon HD 6970.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 mobile Radeon HD 6970
Architecture Pascal Terascale 2
Code name GP107B Cayman
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 3 January 2017 14 December 2010
Pipelines 640 1536
Core clock speed 1354 MHz
Boost Clock 1493 MHz 880 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 59.72 84.48
Floating-point performance 2,703.4 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
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 +
CUDA cores 640
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 2.0 x16
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
HDCP 2.2
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 273 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
GameStream +
GPU Boost 3.0
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