GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon R9 270X
Summary
GeForce GTX 1050
129%
Radeon R9 270X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1050 |
| 29% higher gaming performance. |
| 105 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 270X . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 270X |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1050
The GeForce GTX 1050 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP107 (GP107-300-A1) | vs | Curacao (Curacao XT) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 132 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,300 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 640 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 5 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 1354 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 40 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1050 | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | vs | 180 watts |
| Release Date | 25 Oct 2016 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 1050
43.30 GP/s
Radeon R9 270X
32.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050
54.20 GT/s
Radeon R9 270X
80.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050
112.10 GB/s
Radeon R9 270X
179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050
1733.10 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 270X
2560.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1050
58
Radeon R9 270X
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1050
33
Radeon R9 270X
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1050
39
Radeon R9 270X
28
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1050
25
Radeon R9 270X
21
FPS (higher is better)