AMD Radeon HD 6970 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Cayman | GP107 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Cayman XT (215-0807007) | GP107-400-A1 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 3 | Pascal |
| Foundry | TSMC | Samsung |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 14 nm |
| Number of transistors | 2,640 million | 3,300 million |
| Die size | 389 mm² | 132 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Dec 14th, 2010 | Oct 25th, 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Northern Islands | GeForce 10 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Launch price | 369 USD | 139 USD |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 80 in our database | 58 in our database |
| Predecessor | Evergreen | GeForce 900 |
| Successor | Southern Islands | GeForce 20 |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 880 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1375 MHz 5.5 Gbps effective | 1752 MHz 7 Gbps effective |
| Base clock | — | 1291 MHz |
| Boost clock | — | 1392 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 2 GB | 4 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 176.0 GB/s | 112.1 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 1536 | 768 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 96 | 48 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| Compute units | 24 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | 48 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 512 KB | 1024 KB |
| SM count | — | 6 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 28.16 GPixel/s | 44.54 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 84.48 GTexel/s | 66.82 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 2.703 TFLOPS | 2.138 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 675.8 GFLOPS (1:4) | 66.82 GFLOPS (1:32) |
| FP16 (half) performance | — | 33.41 GFLOPS (1:64) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 286 mm 11.3 inches | 145 mm 5.7 inches |
| Width | 126 mm 5 inches | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
| Height | 42 mm 1.7 inches | — |
| TDP | 250 W | 75 W |
| Suggested PSU | 600 W | 250 W |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x HDMI2x mini-DisplayPort | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x DisplayPort |
| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | None |
| Board number | C200-47 | PG210 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (12_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | — | 1.2 |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 6.4 |
| CUDA | — | 6.1 |
