NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q sales 3 January 2018. This is a laptop graphics card based on a Pascal architecture and made with 14 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 4 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.75 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 112.1 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 75 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	450
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Power efficiency	9.55	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	GP107
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	3 January 2018 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	640	of 24064 (RTX PRO 6000)
Core clock speed	1190 MHz	of 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Boost clock speed	1328 MHz	of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	3,300 million	of 153,000 million (Radeon Instinct MI300)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	53.12	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	1.7 TFLOPS	of 115.8 (RTX PRO 6000)
ROPs	16	of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs	40	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1752 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	112.1 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API and SDK compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131
CUDA	6.1

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

GTX 1050 Max-Q 9.03

Other tests
- Passmark
- 3DMark 11 Performance GPU
- 3DMark Vantage Performance
- 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
- 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
- 3DMark Ice Storm GPU
- 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
- Unigine Heaven 3.0

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 1050 Max-Q 4033

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 1050 Max-Q 7154

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 1050 Max-Q 26081

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.

GTX 1050 Max-Q 5650

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 1050 Max-Q 35392

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 1050 Max-Q 318811

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

GTX 1050 Max-Q 1615

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

GTX 1050 Max-Q 70

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD	46
1440p	27
4K	14

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset
Full HD
Medium Preset
Full HD
High Preset
Full HD
Ultra Preset
Full HD
Epic Preset
1440p
High Preset
1440p
Ultra Preset
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4K
High Preset
4K
Ultra Preset
4K
Epic Preset

Counter-Strike 2	50−55
Cyberpunk 2077	20−22
Hogwarts Legacy	18−20

Battlefield 5	46
Counter-Strike 2	50−55
Cyberpunk 2077	20−22
Far Cry 5	37
Fortnite	112
Forza Horizon 4	40−45
Forza Horizon 5	30−33
Hogwarts Legacy	18−20
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	35−40
Valorant	90−95

Battlefield 5	40
Counter-Strike 2	50−55
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	144
Cyberpunk 2077	20−22
Dota 2	116
Far Cry 5	34
Fortnite	49
Forza Horizon 4	40−45
Forza Horizon 5	30−33
Grand Theft Auto V	45
Hogwarts Legacy	18−20
Metro Exodus	19
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	51
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35
Valorant	90−95

Battlefield 5	37
Cyberpunk 2077	20−22
Dota 2	104
Far Cry 5	31
Forza Horizon 4	40−45
Hogwarts Legacy	18−20
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	34
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21
Valorant	90−95

Fortnite

Counter-Strike 2	16−18
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	94
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16
Metro Exodus	11
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	45−50
Valorant	100−110

Battlefield 5	24−27
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9
Far Cry 5	22
Forza Horizon 4	24−27
Hogwarts Legacy	10−12
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16

Fortnite

21−24

Counter-Strike 2	3−4
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	53
Grand Theft Auto V	28
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6
Metro Exodus	7
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	13
Valorant	50−55

Battlefield 5	12−14
Counter-Strike 2	3−4
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4
Dota 2	37
Far Cry 5	11
Forza Horizon 4	16−18
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	11

Fortnite

Closest competitors

GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook graphics cards.

Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS 102.1

GeForce GTX 765M SLI 101.99

Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 3.8 TFLOPS 101.11

GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q 100

Iris Xe Graphics G7 97.79

Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc) 97.67

Radeon RX 460 Mobile 96.35

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q is Radeon RX 560X Mobile, which is faster by 3% and higher by 8 positions in our ranking.

Radeon RX560X Mobile

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GTX 1050 Max-Q with RX 560X Mobile

Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q:

Radeon RX 5300M 117.05

Radeon RX 560 Mobile 106.87

Radeon RX 560X Mobile 102.88

GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q 100

Radeon RX 460 Mobile 96.35

Radeon RX Vega M GL 96.35

Radeon HD 8970M 96.01