Radeon Vega 7 vs GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking359not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-10027
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.37no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 5.1 (2018−2021)
GPU code nameGP107Cezanne
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date21 May 2018 (5 years ago)13 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price$1118 $583

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores768448
Core clock speed1392 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1518 MHz1900 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate72.8653.20

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 x16IGP
Length145 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount3 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width96 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed7008 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth84.1 GB/sno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA6.1no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 May 2018 13 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB System Shared
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 45 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB and Radeon Vega 7. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
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