Radeon RX 7600 XT vs GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated81
Place by popularitynot in top-10096
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data77.86
Power efficiencyno data16.10
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGP107Navi 33
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 February 2019 (5 years ago)8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$329

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores7682048
Core clock speed1366 MHz1980 MHz
Boost clock speed1442 MHz2755 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million13,300 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt190 Watt
Texture fill rate69.22352.6
Floating-point processing power2.215 TFLOPS22.57 TFLOPS
ROPs2464
TMUs48128
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data204 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount3 GB16 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1752 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth84.1 GB/s288.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2019 8 January 2024
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 190 Watt

GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q has 153.3% lower power consumption.

RX 7600 XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q and Radeon RX 7600 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q is a notebook card while Radeon RX 7600 XT is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q
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AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT
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