T400 4 GB vs GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated451
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGP107TU117
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 February 2019 (5 years ago)6 May 2021 (3 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 cores768384
Boost clock speed1442 MHz1425 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate69.2234.20
Floating-point processing power2.215 gflops1.094 gflops
ROPs2416
TMUs4824

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount3 GB4 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed7 GB/s10 GB/s
Memory bandwidth84.1 GB/s80 GB/s

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 outputs3x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.21.2
CUDA6.17.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2019 6 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 30 Watt

T400 4 GB has an age advantage of 2 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB and T400 4 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB is a notebook card while T400 4 GB is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB
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