Radeon RX Vega 2 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking392not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameno dataVega Raven Ridge
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release dateApril 2018 (6 years ago)7 January 2018 (6 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 cores768128
Core clock speed1366 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1442 MHz1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt

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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount3 MBno data
Memory bus width96 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1752 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth84 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.

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

DirectXno data12_1
Vulkan+-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm

RX Vega 2 has a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 2
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