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    GeForce GTX 1050 mobile vs Radeon HD 7970

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and Radeon HD 7970. 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 mobile and Radeon HD 7970. 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.
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    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:

    GeForce GTX 1050 mobile Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 1050 mobile Radeon HD 7970
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 300 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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    • Radeon HD 7970 has 300% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 1050 mobile.
    • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
    • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7970.
    • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 7970 - in Desktops.
    • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 7970 - with GCN.
    • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970 - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is 5633 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 21−24 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 14−16 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 8−9 16−18
    4K / 2160p 6−7 10−11
    low / 720p 40−45 60−65
    medium / 1080p 27−30 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 60% more, than GeForce GTX 1050 mobile.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 1050 mobile Radeon HD 7970
    Architecture Pascal GCN
    Code name GP107B Tahiti XT
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 3 January 2017 22 December 2011
    Pipelines 640 2048
    Core clock speed 1354 MHz
    Boost Clock 1493 MHz 925 MHz
    Transistor count 3,300 million 4,313 million
    Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 59.72 118.4
    Floating-point performance 3,789 gflops
    Length 274 mm
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
    Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 1375 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 264 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    G-SYNC support +
    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 +
    FreeSync +
    CUDA cores 640
    Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 2.1 x16
    Multi monitor support +
    HDMI +
    HDCP 2.2
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 485 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Eyefinity +
    Design reference
    CrossFire +
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 20.71 Mh/s
    GameStream +
    GPU Boost 3.0
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