Radeon R7 A260 vs GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking445not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency12.55no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGP107Topaz
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date21 May 2018 (7 years ago)2014 (12 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 cores768384
Core clock speed1392 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed1518 MHz980 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Texture fill rate72.8623.52
Floating-point processing power2.332 TFLOPSno data
ROPs248
TMUs4824
L1 Cache288 KBno data
L2 Cache768 KBno data

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length145 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount3 GB1 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1752 MHz3.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth84.1 GB/s57.6 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.170
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm

GTX 1050 3 GB has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

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