Radeon R5 A320 vs GeForce GTX 1050

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking384not rated
Place by popularity16not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation11.02no data
Power efficiency12.55no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGP107Jet
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date25 October 2016 (8 years ago)2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores640320
Core clock speed1290 MHz750 MHz
Boost clock speed1392 MHz825 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million690 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate58.2016.50
Floating-point processing power1.862 TFLOPSno data
ROPs328
TMUs4020

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length145 mmno data
Height4.38" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Recommended system power (PSU)300 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
SLI-no data

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1752 MHz2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s16 GB/s
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-DVIPortable Device Dependent
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
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.46.5 (5.1)
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.1 (1.2)
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.170
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm

GTX 1050 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1050 and Radeon R5 A320. We've got no test results to judge.


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