GeForce GTX 1630 vs GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated388
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data11.91
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGP107TU117
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 February 2019 (5 years ago)28 June 2022 (2 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 cores768512
Core clock speed1366 MHz1740 MHz
Boost clock speed1442 MHz1785 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate69.2257.12
Floating-point processing power2.215 TFLOPS1.828 TFLOPS
ROPs2416
TMUs4832

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Lengthno data145 mm
Widthno data1-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 GB4 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1752 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth84.1 GB/s96 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 outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA6.17.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2019 28 June 2022
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm

GTX 1630 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB and GeForce GTX 1630. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 1630 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB
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