Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile

Place in the ranking	393	412
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	19.88
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	April 2018 (6 years ago)	no data (2024 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 cores	768	1536
Core clock speed	1366 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1442 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	40 Watt

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 type	GDDR5	LPDDR5x
Maximum RAM amount	3 MB	no data
Memory bus width	96 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1752 MHz	8448 MHz
Memory bandwidth	84 GB/s	no 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.

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.

DirectX	no data	12_1
Vulkan	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 12.62
+9.8%

Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS 11.49

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.

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile 6401

Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS 6982
+9.1%

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 HD

40−45

+0%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	12.62	11.49
Chip lithography	14 nm	4 nm

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile has a 9.8% higher aggregate performance score.

Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS, on the other hand, has a 250% more advanced lithography process.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile and Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.