GeForce MX350 vs GTX 1050 3GB Mobile

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Aggregated performance score

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile
2018
3 MB GDDR5
12.78
+76.5%

GTX 1050 3GB Mobile outperforms MX350 by 77% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking361505
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameno dataN17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release dateApril 2018 (6 years old)20 February 2020 (4 years old)

Technical specs

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 cores768640
Core clock speed1366 MHz1354 MHz
Boost clock speed1442 MHz1468 MHz
Number of transistorsno data3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data25 Watt
Texture fill rateno data29.98

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile and GeForce MX350 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

Memory

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 MB2 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1752 MHz7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth84 GB/s56.06 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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+no data

Technologies

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

Optimusno data+
Multi-Projection+no data
Multi Monitor+no data

API support

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

DirectXno data12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDAno data6.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile 12.78
+76.5%
GeForce MX350 7.24

GTX 1050 3GB Mobile outperforms MX350 by 77% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile 6401
+46.4%
GeForce MX350 4371

GTX 1050 3GB Mobile outperforms MX350 by 46% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD45−50
+73.1%
26
−73.1%
1440p45−50
+66.7%
27
−66.7%
4K45−50
+73.1%
26
−73.1%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 12.78 7.24
Maximum RAM amount 3 MB 2 GB

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce MX350 in performance tests.


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