GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs Radeon R7 250

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and Radeon R7 250. 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 Ti and Radeon R7 250. 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 Ti Radeon R7 250
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None N/A
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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  • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 75 Watt.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon R7 250 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon R7 250.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R7 250 - with GCN.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 250 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon R7 250 is 23 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 1050 Ti.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is 5858 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 250.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 3−4
ultra / 1080p 21−24 1−2
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 14−16
medium / 1080p 40−45 5−6
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1050 Ti in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 583% more, than Radeon R7 250.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Radeon R7 250
Architecture Pascal GCN
Code name N17P-G1 Oland XT
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 25 October 2016 1 October 2013
Pipelines 768 384
Core clock speed 1291 MHz
Boost Clock 1392 MHz 1050 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 66.82 25.20
Floating-point performance 2,138 gflops 716.8 gflops
Length 145 mm 168 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 1150 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
VR Ready +
DirectX 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.3 kh/s
FreeSync +
CUDA cores 768
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 326 Mh/s 117 Mh/s
Design reference
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 1.01 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 12.62 Mh/s 3 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 156.48 Sol/s
AppAcceleration +
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