Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking412not rated
Place by popularity98not in top-100
Power efficiency10.64no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGP107BVega 10
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 January 2017 (7 years ago)1 June 2018 (6 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 cores6403584
Core clock speed1354 MHz1138 MHz
Boost clock speed1493 MHz1301 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt120 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate59.72291.4
Floating-point processing power1.911 TFLOPS9.326 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs40224

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 x16PCIe 3.0 x16

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 typeGDDR5HBM2
Maximum RAM amount4000 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed7008 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s409.6 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 ConnectorsDP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI-+
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_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.125
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 January 2017 1 June 2018
Maximum RAM amount 4000 MB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 120 Watt

GTX 1050 Mobile has 60% lower power consumption.

RX Vega 56 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 104.8% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile and Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


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