GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon HD 7990

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 1050 and Radeon HD 7990. 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 7990. 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 7990
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 375 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
Recommended system power (PSU) 300 Watt
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  • Radeon HD 7990 has 400% 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 7990.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 7990 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 is 340 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7990.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7990 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7990 is 302 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 1050.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 is 1008 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7990.

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 7990 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Radeon HD 7990
Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name N17P-G1 Malta
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 25 October 2016 24 April 2013
Pipelines 640 2048
Core clock speed 1290 MHz 950 MHz
Boost Clock 1392 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 58.20 128.0
Floating-point performance 1,862 gflops 2x 4,096 gflops
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm) 307 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 288.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
VR Ready +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
CUDA +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.3 kh/s
CUDA cores 640
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Height 4.38" (11.1 cm)
Multi monitor support +
HDCP 2.2
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 279 Mh/s 459 Mh/s
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.85 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 44 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 143.76 Sol/s
Width 2-slot
GameStream +
GPU Boost 3.0
SLI -
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