Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) vs GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile

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Aggregated performance score

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile
2018
3 MB GDDR5
12.78
+105%

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile outperforms Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by 105% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking361544
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code nameno dataVega Renoir
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release dateApril 2018 (6 years old)7 January 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 cores768384
Core clock speed1366 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed1442 MHz1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt

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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount3 MBno data
Memory bus width96 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1752 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth84 GB/sno data
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.

G-SYNC support+no data

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 support

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

DirectXno data12_1
Vulkan+no data

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
+105%
RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 6.24

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile outperforms Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by 105% 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
+129%
RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 2793

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile outperforms Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by 129% 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 HD40−45
+100%
20
−100%
1440p55−60
+96.4%
28
−96.4%
4K35−40
+94.4%
18
−94.4%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 12.78 6.24
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.


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

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

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User Ratings

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