Radeon Vega 7 vs GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB with Radeon Vega 7, including specs and performance data.

GTX 1050 3 GB
2018
3 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
13.20
+76.9%

GTX 1050 3 GB outperforms Vega 7 by an impressive 77% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking384530
Place by popularitynot in top-10039
Power efficiency12.2711.56
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGP107Cezanne
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date21 May 2018 (6 years ago)13 April 2021 (3 years ago)

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 cores768448
Core clock speed1392 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1518 MHz1900 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate72.8653.20
Floating-point processing power2.332 TFLOPS1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs248
TMUs4828

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 x16IGP
Length145 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount3 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width96 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1752 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth84.1 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA6.1-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD35−40
+59.1%
22
−59.1%
1440p45−50
+60.7%
28
−60.7%
4K35−40
+75%
20
−75%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.20 7.46
Recency 21 May 2018 13 April 2021
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 45 Watt

GTX 1050 3 GB has a 76.9% higher aggregate performance score.

Vega 7, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Vega 7 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB is a desktop card while Radeon Vega 7 is a notebook one.


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