GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB vs FirePro D300

Place in the ranking	443	384
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	4.73	12.23
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Pitcairn	GP107
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	18 January 2014 (10 years ago)	21 May 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	1280	768
Core clock speed	850 MHz	1392 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1518 MHz
Number of transistors	2,800 million	3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	68.00	72.86
Floating-point processing power	2.176 TFLOPS	2.332 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	24
TMUs	80	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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	242 mm	145 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	3 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	1270 MHz	1752 MHz
Memory bandwidth	162.6 GB/s	84.1 GB/s

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	4x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	-	6.1

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.20	13.20
Recency	18 January 2014	21 May 2018
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	3 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	75 Watt

GTX 1050 3 GB has a 29.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro D300 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro D300 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB is a desktop one.

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