GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon HD 7950

In this comparison between GeForce GTX 1050 and Radeon HD 7950 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people GeForce GTX 1050 will be the best choice, for others Radeon HD 7950 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Radeon HD 7950
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Recommended system power (PSU) 300 Watt
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  • Radeon HD 7950 has 166% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 1050.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7950.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 7950 - with GCN 1.0.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7950 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7950 is 262 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 1050.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 is 5758 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24 21−24
QHD / 1440p 16−18 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 60−65
medium / 1080p 40−45 40−45
GeForce GTX 1050 and Radeon HD 7950 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Radeon HD 7950
Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name N17P-G1 Tahiti
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 25 October 2016 31 January 2012
Pipelines 640 1792
Core clock speed 1290 MHz
Boost Clock 1392 MHz 1250 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 58.20 89.60
Floating-point performance 1,862 gflops 2,867 gflops
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm) 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 240 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
VR Ready +
DirectX 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.3 kh/s 0.56 kh/s
FreeSync +
CUDA cores 640
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
Height 4.38" (11.1 cm)
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
HDCP 2.2
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 279 Mh/s 381 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
PowerTune +
ZeroCore +
Design reference
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
CrossFire +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.85 Gh/s 0.78 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 13.86 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 143.76 Sol/s 250 Sol/s
Compute units 28
Width 2-slot
GameStream +
GPU Boost 3.0
AppAcceleration +
SLI -
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