CMP 170HX vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking394not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameno dataGA100
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release dateApril 2018 (6 years ago)1 September 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$4,299

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 cores7684480
Core clock speed1366 MHz1140 MHz
Boost clock speed1442 MHz1410 MHz
Number of transistorsno data54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data250 Watt
Texture fill rateno data394.8
Floating-point processing powerno data12.63 TFLOPS
ROPsno data128
TMUsno data280
Tensor Coresno data280

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x4
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount3 MB16 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed1752 MHz1458 MHz
Memory bandwidth84 GB/s1,493 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

Multi-Projection+no data
Multi Monitor+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXno dataN/A
Shader Modelno dataN/A
OpenGLno dataN/A
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA-8.0

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 3 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm

CMP 170HX has a 546033.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile and CMP 170HX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile is a notebook card while CMP 170HX is a workstation one.


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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile
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