Radeon Vega 7 vs GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q

Place in the ranking	431	526
Place by popularity	not in top-100	39
Power efficiency	9.75	11.48
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GP107	Cezanne
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	3 January 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 cores	640	448
Core clock speed	1190 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1328 MHz	1900 MHz
Number of transistors	3,300 million	9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	53.12	53.20
Floating-point processing power	1.7 TFLOPS	1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	8
TMUs	40	28

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	IGP
Width	no data	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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 type	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1752 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	112.1 GB/s	no 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 Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2
CUDA	6.1	-

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.

GTX 1050 Max-Q 10.56
+41.6%

Vega 7 7.46

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
+36.3%

Vega 7 5249

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
+68.8%

Vega 7 3348

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
+43.1%

Vega 7 24726

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

GTX 1050 Max-Q 1615
+56.5%

Vega 7 1032

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 HD	44 +91.3%	23 −91.3%
1440p	25 −44%	36 +44%
4K	14 −42.9%	20 +42.9%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

16−18
+60%

10−11

−60%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	37 +54.2%	24−27 −54.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +60%	10−11 −60%
Battlefield 5	30−35 +57.1%	21−24 −57.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	31 +47.6%	21−24 −47.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +60%	10−11 −60%
Far Cry 5	37 +54.2%	24−27 −54.2%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 +61.1%	18−20 −61.1%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +55.6%	45−50 −55.6%
Hitman 3	20−22 +42.9%	14−16 −42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 +42.5%	40−45 −42.5%
Metro Exodus	44 +46.7%	30−33 −46.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	44 +46.7%	30−33 −46.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	63 +57.5%	40−45 −57.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +44.4%	45−50 −44.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +56.3%	16−18 −56.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +60%	10−11 −60%
Battlefield 5	30−35 +57.1%	21−24 −57.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	29 +61.1%	18−20 −61.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +60%	10−11 −60%
Far Cry 5	30 +42.9%	21−24 −42.9%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 +61.1%	18−20 −61.1%
Forza Horizon 4	97 +49.2%	65−70 −49.2%
Hitman 3	20−22 +42.9%	14−16 −42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 +42.5%	40−45 −42.5%
Metro Exodus	35 +45.8%	24−27 −45.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30 +42.9%	21−24 −42.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 +41.7%	24−27 −41.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +55.6%	18−20 −55.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +44.4%	45−50 −44.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16 +60%	10−11 −60%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +60%	10−11 −60%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	19 +58.3%	12−14 −58.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +60%	10−11 −60%
Far Cry 5	22 +57.1%	14−16 −57.1%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +55.6%	45−50 −55.6%
Hitman 3	20−22 +42.9%	14−16 −42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 +42.5%	40−45 −42.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 +41.7%	24−27 −41.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21 +50%	14−16 −50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +44.4%	45−50 −44.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

31
+47.6%

21−24

−47.6%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 +50%	14−16 −50%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 +60%	10−11 −60%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	11 +57.1%	7−8 −57.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +50%	8−9 −50%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +60%	30−33 −60%
Hitman 3	14−16 +55.6%	9−10 −55.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +57.1%	14−16 −57.1%
Metro Exodus	24 +50%	16−18 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +50%	10−11 −50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion	65−70 +48.9%	45−50 −48.9%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

20
+42.9%

14−16

−42.9%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%
Hitman 3	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 +56.7%	30−33 −56.7%
Metro Exodus	13 +44.4%	9−10 −44.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	13 +44.4%	9−10 −44.4%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6 +50%	4−5 −50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6 +50%	4−5 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	6 +50%	4−5 −50%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +44.4%	9−10 −44.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%