GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q vs Go 6800

Place in the ranking	1342	373
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.42	12.91
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	NV41	GP107
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	8 November 2004 (20 years ago)	3 January 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 cores	17	768
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1152 MHz
Boost clock speed	300 MHz	1417 MHz
Number of transistors	190 million	3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	3.600	68.02
Floating-point processing power	no data	2.177 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	32
TMUs	12	48

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	medium sized
Interface	MXM-III	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	550 MHz	1752 MHz
Memory bandwidth	35.2 GB/s	112.1 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	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
G-SYNC support	-	+

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	3.0	6.4
OpenGL	2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	-	6.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Go 6800 0.27

GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q 13.89
+5044%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Go 6800 106

GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q 5357
+4954%

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:

Full HD	1−2 −5300%	54 +5300%
1440p	0−1	32
4K	-0−1	19

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−1000%

21−24
+1000%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1333%	43 +1333%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1300%	27−30 +1300%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1000%	21−24 +1000%
Hitman 3	4−5 −550%	24−27 +550%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −800%	70−75 +800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1900%	80 +1900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −168%	75−80 +168%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1933%	61 +1933%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1300%	27−30 +1300%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1000%	21−24 +1000%
Hitman 3	4−5 −550%	24−27 +550%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −800%	70−75 +800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1025%	45−50 +1025%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −278%	30−35 +278%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −168%	75−80 +168%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −500%	18 +500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1300%	27−30 +1300%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1000%	21−24 +1000%
Hitman 3	4−5 −550%	24−27 +550%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −800%	70−75 +800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1025%	45−50 +1025%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −178%	25 +178%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −168%	75−80 +168%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	7−8
Hitman 3	6−7 −183%	16−18 +183%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −1300%	27−30 +1300%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−1050%

21−24
+1050%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −600%	7 +600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	6−7

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−550%

12−14
+550%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Battlefield 5	46 +0%	46 +0%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	48 +0%	48 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Battlefield 5	41 +0%	41 +0%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	36 +0%	36 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	47 +0%	47 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

35−40

+0%

35−40

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Far Cry 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Metro Exodus	29 +0%	29 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10 +0%	10 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	13 +0%	13 +0%
Hitman 3	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16 +0%	16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	20 +0%	20 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

This is how Go 6800 and GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q compete in popular games:

GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q is 5300% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q is 1933% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q is ahead in 29 tests (41%)
there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.27	13.89
Recency	8 November 2004	3 January 2018
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	130 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	75 Watt

Go 6800 has 66.7% lower power consumption.

GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q, on the other hand, has a 5044.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce Go 6800 in performance tests.

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