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GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon HD 4870 2GB
Intro
The GeForce GTX 1050 features a core clock frequency of 1354 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 640 SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 4870 2GB, which has a core clock frequency of 750 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 900 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and uses a 55 nm design. It is made up of 800(160x5) SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GTX 1050 |
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75 Watts |
| Radeon HD 4870 2GB |
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150 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
In theory, the Radeon HD 4870 2GB should be 0% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1050 overall, because of its greater data rate. (explain)
| Radeon HD 4870 2GB |
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115200 MB/sec |
| GeForce GTX 1050 |
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114688 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce GTX 1050 will be a lot (about 81%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon HD 4870 2GB. (explain)| GeForce GTX 1050 |
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54160 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon HD 4870 2GB |
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30000 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The GeForce GTX 1050 should be a lot (about 261%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon HD 4870 2GB, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)| GeForce GTX 1050 |
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43328 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon HD 4870 2GB |
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12000 Mpixels/sec |
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Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.
Price Comparison
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX 1050 | Radeon HD 4870 2GB |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | October 2016 | Jun 25, 2008 |
| Code Name | GP107-300 | RV770 XT |
| Memory | 2048 MB | 2048 MB |
| Core Speed | 1354 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 7000 MHz | 3600 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 75 watts | 150 watts |
| Bandwidth | 114688 MB/sec | 115200 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 54160 Mtexels/sec | 30000 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 43328 Mpixels/sec | 12000 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 640 | 800(160x5) |
| Texture Mapping Units | 40 | 40 |
| Render Output Units | 32 | 16 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128-bit | 256-bit |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | 55 nm |
| Transistors | 3300 million | 956 million |
| Bus | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 12.0 | DirectX 10.1 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.5 | OpenGL 3.0 |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.
GeForce GTX 1050Amazon.com
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Radeon HD 4870 2GBAmazon.com
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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