Radeon 780M vs GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated283
Place by popularitynot in top-10057
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)RDNA 3
GPU code nameGP107Phoenix
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 February 2019 (5 years ago)5 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

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 cores768768
Core clock speedno data1500 MHz
Boost clock speed1442 MHz3000 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt54 Watt (35 - 54 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate69.22139.2

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB and Radeon 780M 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.

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount3 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width96 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed7 GB/sSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth84.1 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data+

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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA6.1no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2019 5 January 2023
Chip lithography 14 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 54 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB and Radeon 780M. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB
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