Radeon RX 580X Mobile vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 392 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | no data | Polaris 20 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | April 2018 (6 years ago) | 11 April 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 cores | 768 | 2304 |
| Core clock speed | 1366 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1442 MHz | 1077 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 5,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 100 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 155.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 4.963 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 32 |
| TMUs | no data | 144 |
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).
| Laptop size | no data | large |
| Interface | no data | MXM-B (3.0) |
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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 MB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 96 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1752 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 84 GB/s | 256.0 GB/s |
| 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 Connectors | no data | No 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.
| DirectX | no data | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | + | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 MB | 8 GB |
RX 580X Mobile has a 272966.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile and Radeon RX 580X Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
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