T400 vs GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB with T400, including specs and performance data.
1050 Mobile 3 GB outperforms T400 by a substantial 32% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 453 | 530 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 11.63 | 21.97 |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | GP107 | TU117 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 1 February 2019 (6 years ago) | 6 May 2021 (4 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 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 1366 MHz | 420 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1442 MHz | 1425 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,300 million | 4,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 30 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 69.22 | 34.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.215 TFLOPS | 1.094 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 24 | 16 |
| TMUs | 48 | 24 |
| L1 Cache | 288 KB | 384 KB |
| L2 Cache | 768 KB | 1024 KB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 96 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1752 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 84.1 GB/s | 80 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 3x mini-DisplayPort |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| CUDA | 6.1 | 7.5 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 10.80 | 8.16 |
| Recency | 1 February 2019 | 6 May 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 30 Watt |
GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB has a 32.4% higher aggregate performance score, and a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.
T400, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.
The GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the T400 in performance tests.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB is a notebook graphics card while T400 is a workstation one.
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