Radeon RX Vega 2 vs GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking387not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency12.08no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGP107Vega Raven Ridge
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date21 May 2018 (6 years ago)7 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 cores768128
Core clock speed1392 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1518 MHz1100 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate72.86no data
Floating-point processing power2.332 TFLOPSno data
ROPs24no data
TMUs48no 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 x16no data
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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount3 GBno data
Memory bus width96 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1752 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth84.1 GB/sno data
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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12_1
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 May 2018 7 January 2018
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 15 Watt

GTX 1050 3 GB has an age advantage of 4 months.

RX Vega 2, on the other hand, has a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB and Radeon RX Vega 2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB is a desktop card while Radeon RX Vega 2 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 2
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