GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs Radeon R9 280X

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 25 Oct 2016
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Radeon R9 280X
Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 8 Oct 2013
Radeon R9 280X

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    100%
  • Radeon R9 280X
    104%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

175 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 280X .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon R9 280X

Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Mantle
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (14 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1050 TiRadeon R9 280X
GPU NameGP107 (GP107-400-A1)vsTahiti (Tahiti XTL)
Fab Process14 nmvs28 nm
Die Size132 mm²vs352 mm²
Transistors3,300 millionvs4,313 million
Shaders768vs2048
Compute Units6vs32
Core clock1290 MHzvs850 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs48vs128

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1050 TiRadeon R9 280X
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs384 bit
Memory Speed1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective
vs1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs3072 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1050 TiRadeon R9 280X
TDP75 wattsvs250 watts
Release Date25 Oct 2016vs8 Oct 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    41.30 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 280X
    27.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    61.90 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 280X
    109.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    112.10 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 280X
    288.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    1981.40 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 280X
    3482.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    42
  • Radeon R9 280X
    40

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    47
  • Radeon R9 280X
    49

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    54
  • Radeon R9 280X
    48

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    65
  • Radeon R9 280X
    63

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    39
  • Radeon R9 280X
    42

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    38
  • Radeon R9 280X
    30

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    29
  • Radeon R9 280X
    30

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    31
  • Radeon R9 280X
    35

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    35
  • Radeon R9 280X
    32

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    43
  • Radeon R9 280X
    47

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    29
  • Radeon R9 280X
    32

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    29
  • Radeon R9 280X
    25

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    17
  • Radeon R9 280X
    22

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    11
  • Radeon R9 280X
    16

FPS (higher is better)