RTX A2000 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile with RTX A2000, including specs and performance data.

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile
2018
3 MB GDDR5
12.83

RTX A2000 outperforms Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile by a whopping 178% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking390138
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data43.12
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameno dataGA106
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release dateApril 2018 (6 years ago)10 August 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores7683328
Core clock speed1366 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1442 MHz1200 MHz
Number of transistorsno data12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data70 Watt
Texture fill rateno data124.8
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data104

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data167 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 MB6 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1752 MHz12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth84 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 data4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Multi-Projection+no data
Multi Monitor+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA-8.6

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 HD30−35
−213%
94
+213%
1440p14−16
−200%
42
+200%
4K10−12
−220%
32
+220%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 12.83 35.66
Maximum RAM amount 3 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm

RTX A2000 has a 177.9% higher aggregate performance score, a 204700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A2000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile is a notebook card while RTX A2000 is a desktop one.


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