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

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile and Radeon RX Vega 3, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile
2018
3 MB GDDR5
11.88
+317%

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile outperforms RX Vega 3 by a whopping 317% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking403786
Place by popularitynot in top-10074
Power efficiencyno data13.70
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameno dataPicasso
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release dateApril 2018 (6 years ago)6 January 2019 (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 cores768192
Core clock speed1366 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1442 MHz1001 MHz
Number of transistorsno data4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rateno data12.01
Floating-point processing powerno data0.3844 TFLOPS
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data12

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 dataIGP
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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount3 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width96 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1752 MHzSystem Shared
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.

Display Connectorsno dataNo outputs
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 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan+1.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile 11.88
+317%
RX Vega 3 2.85

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile 6401
+446%
RX Vega 3 1172

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 HD50−55
+317%
12
−317%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 14
+0%
14
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 8
+0%
8
+0%
Metro Exodus 5
+0%
5
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6
+0%
6
+0%
Valorant 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Dota 2 13
+0%
13
+0%
Far Cry 5 12
+0%
12
+0%
Fortnite 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 11
+0%
11
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 9
+0%
9
+0%
Metro Exodus 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 22
+0%
22
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3
+0%
3
+0%
Valorant 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
World of Tanks 23
+0%
23
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Dota 2 19
+0%
19
+0%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 9
+0%
9
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Valorant 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
World of Tanks 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Valorant 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Dota 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Dota 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Fortnite 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Valorant 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

This is how Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile and RX Vega 3 compete in popular games:

  • Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile is 317% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 61 test (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.88 2.85

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile has a 316.8% higher aggregate performance score.

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


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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile
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