Radeon R3 Graphics vs GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking406not rated
Place by popularity94not in top-100
Power efficiency11.07no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameGP107BBeema
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 January 2017 (7 years ago)28 January 2015 (9 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 cores640128
Core clock speed1354 MHz267 MHz
Boost clock speed1493 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million930 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate59.724.800
Floating-point processing power1.911 TFLOPS0.1536 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs408

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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16IGP
Widthno dataIGP

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 amount4000 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed7008 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth112 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsDP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDCP2.2-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

GameStream+-
GPU Boost3.0no data
Ansel+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.3
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 January 2017 28 January 2015
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 15 Watt

GTX 1050 Mobile has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

R3 Graphics, on the other hand, has 400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile and Radeon R3 Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile is a notebook card while Radeon R3 Graphics is a desktop one.


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