AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
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  • Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
  • Core clock speed 999 - 1189
  • Max video memory 4 GB
  • Memory type GDDR5
  • Memory clock speed 7000
  • Maximum resolution
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
Radeon RX Vega 7
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  • Core clock speed
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  • Memory type
  • Memory clock speed
  • Maximum resolution
Price now 387$
Games supported 68%

General info

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

Place in performance rating361450
Place by popularityno data8
Value for money3.9311.41
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code nameN17P-G0 Max-QVega Raven Ridge
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 January 2018 (5 years old)7 January 2020 (3 years old)
Current price$1085 $387
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores640448
Core clock speed999 - 1189 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1139 - 1328 MHz1800 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)34 - 40 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate53.12no data
Floating-point performance1,700 gflopsno data

Dimensions and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q and Radeon RX Vega 7 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.

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed7000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth112.1 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 outputsno data

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectX12 (12_1)12_1
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131no data
CUDA6.1no data

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.


Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. 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.

GTX 1050 Max-Q 9.79
+37.5%
RX Vega 7 7.12
  • 3DMark Vantage Performance
  • 3DMark 11 Performance GPU
  • 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
  • 3DMark Fire Strike Score
  • 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
  • 3DMark Ice Storm GPU
  • Unigine Heaven 3.0

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 16%

GTX 1050 Max-Q 26081
+48.6%
RX Vega 7 17557

GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q outperforms Radeon RX Vega 7 by 49% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 16%

GTX 1050 Max-Q 7154
+37%
RX Vega 7 5220

GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q outperforms Radeon RX Vega 7 by 37% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

GTX 1050 Max-Q 35392
+43.2%
RX Vega 7 24724

GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q outperforms Radeon RX Vega 7 by 43% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Score

Benchmark coverage: 13%

GTX 1050 Max-Q 5223
+72.3%
RX Vega 7 3031

GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q outperforms Radeon RX Vega 7 by 72% in 3DMark Fire Strike Score.

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 seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic enough graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

GTX 1050 Max-Q 5650
+69%
RX Vega 7 3343

GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q outperforms Radeon RX Vega 7 by 69% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

GTX 1050 Max-Q 318811
+64.9%
RX Vega 7 193296

GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q outperforms Radeon RX Vega 7 by 65% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 1050 Max-Q 70
+102%
RX Vega 7 35

GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q outperforms Radeon RX Vega 7 by 102% in Unigine Heaven 3.0.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS

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

Full HD47
+104%
23
−104%
1440p22
−45.5%
32
+45.5%
4K14
−28.6%
18
+28.6%

Popular games

  • Full HD
    Low Preset
  • Full HD
    Medium Preset
  • Full HD
    High Preset
  • Full HD
    Ultra Preset
  • 1440p
    High Preset
  • 1440p
    Ultra Preset
  • 4K
    High Preset
  • 4K
    Ultra Preset
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+13.3%
15
−13.3%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 37
+76.2%
21
−76.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−26.7%
19
+26.7%
Battlefield 5 46
+64.3%
28
−64.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 36
+56.5%
23
−56.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+21.4%
14
−21.4%
Far Cry 5 37
+85%
20
−85%
Far Cry New Dawn 39
+95%
20
−95%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−5.7%
37
+5.7%
Hitman 3 24−27
+23.8%
21
−23.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
−15%
23
+15%
Red Dead Redemption 2 25
+66.7%
15
−66.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30
+66.7%
18
−66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
+5.9%
17
−5.9%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 31
+82.4%
17
−82.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+0%
15
+0%
Battlefield 5 40
+73.9%
23
−73.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27
+50%
18
−50%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+70%
10
−70%
Far Cry 5 34
+88.9%
18
−88.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 37
+94.7%
19
−94.7%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+0%
35
+0%
Hitman 3 24−27
+52.9%
17
−52.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
+0%
20
+0%
Metro Exodus 19
+46.2%
13
−46.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 13
+0%
12−14
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24
+60%
15
−60%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35
+94.4%
18
−94.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
+20%
15
−20%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16
+6.7%
14−16
−6.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+66.7%
9−10
−66.7%
Battlefield 5 37
+76.2%
21
−76.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+88.9%
9
−88.9%
Far Cry 5 31
+72.2%
18
−72.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 34
+88.9%
18
−88.9%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+29.6%
27
−29.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21
+61.5%
13
−61.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
+50%
12−14
−50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 17
+54.5%
10−12
−54.5%
Hitman 3 16−18
+33.3%
12−14
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+27.3%
10−12
−27.3%
Metro Exodus 11
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16
+60%
10−11
−60%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8
+60%
5−6
−60%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10
+100%
5−6
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Battlefield 5 18−20
+100%
9−10
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Far Cry 5 22
+83.3%
12−14
−83.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 24
+100%
12−14
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+50%
12−14
−50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9
+80%
5−6
−80%
Hitman 3 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Metro Exodus 7
+250%
2−3
−250%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8
+167%
3−4
−167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 13
+160%
5−6
−160%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6
+100%
3−4
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Battlefield 5 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry 5 11
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 12
+33.3%
9−10
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance rating 9.79 7.12
Recency 3 January 2018 7 January 2020
Pipelines / CUDA cores 640 448
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Thermal design power (TDP) 34 Watt 15 Watt

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, Technical City recommends

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q

since it shows better performance.


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Competitors of GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q by AMD

We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q from AMD is Radeon HD 8970M, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our rating.

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Competitors of Radeon RX Vega 7 by NVIDIA

We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon RX Vega 7 from NVIDIA is GeForce MX350, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our rating.

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Here are some closest NVIDIA rivals to Radeon RX Vega 7:

GeForce MX350 100.28
Radeon RX Vega 7 100

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