A10G vs GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile

Place in the ranking	417	66
Place by popularity	93	not in top-100
Power efficiency	10.66	22.35
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GP107B	GA102
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	3 January 2017 (8 years ago)	12 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	9216
Core clock speed	1354 MHz	1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	1493 MHz	1710 MHz
Number of transistors	3,300 million	28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	150 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	59.72	492.5
Floating-point processing power	1.911 TFLOPS	31.52 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	96
TMUs	40	288
Tensor Cores	no data	288
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	72

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
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	8-pin EPS

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4000 MB	12 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	1563 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	600.2 GB/s
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	DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDCP	2.2	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream	+	-
GPU Boost	3.0	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.6
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2
CUDA	+	8.6

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:

900p	73 −311%	300−350 +311%
Full HD	46 −313%	190−200 +313%
1440p	24 −317%	100−110 +317%
4K	15 −300%	60−65 +300%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	51 −312%	210−220 +312%
Far Cry 5	39 −310%	160−170 +310%
Fortnite	132 −317%	550−600 +317%
Forza Horizon 4	55 −318%	230−240 +318%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	46 −313%	190−200 +313%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27 −307%	110−120 +307%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	44 −309%	180−190 +309%
Dota 2	126 −297%	500−550 +297%
Far Cry 5	36 −317%	150−160 +317%
Fortnite	51 −312%	210−220 +312%
Forza Horizon 4	52 −304%	210−220 +304%
Grand Theft Auto V	42 −305%	170−180 +305%
Metro Exodus	19 −295%	75−80 +295%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	41 −315%	170−180 +315%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14 −293%	55−60 +293%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	39 −310%	160−170 +310%
World of Tanks	160−170 −304%	650−700 +304%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	37 −305%	150−160 +305%
Dota 2	115 −291%	450−500 +291%
Far Cry 5	33 −294%	130−140 +294%
Forza Horizon 4	37 −305%	150−160 +305%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	29 −314%	120−130 +314%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	22 −309%	90−95 +309%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite

39
−310%

160−170

+310%

1440p
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 −306%	65−70 +306%
Metro Exodus	11 −309%	45−50 +309%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −300%	40−45 +300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	26 −285%	100−105 +285%
Far Cry 5	21 −305%	85−90 +305%
Forza Horizon 4	26 −285%	100−105 +285%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

25
−300%

100−105

+300%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	21−24 −309%	90−95 +309%
Metro Exodus	7 −286%	27−30 +286%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −286%	27−30 +286%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 −309%	90−95 +309%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	13 −285%	50−55 +285%
Dota 2	34 −312%	140−150 +312%
Far Cry 5	11 −309%	45−50 +309%
Forza Horizon 4	15 −300%	60−65 +300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12 −317%	50−55 +317%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

−300%

40−45
+300%

This is how GTX 1050 Mobile and A10G compete in popular games:

A10G is 311% faster in 900p
A10G is 313% faster in 1080p
A10G is 317% faster in 1440p
A10G is 300% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	11.61	48.70
Recency	3 January 2017	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	4000 MB	12 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	150 Watt

GTX 1050 Mobile has 100% lower power consumption.

A10G, on the other hand, has a 319.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 207.2% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The A10G is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile is a notebook card while A10G is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.