Radeon 630 vs GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile and Radeon 630, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
GTX 1050 Mobile outperforms 630 by a whopping 195% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 433 | 719 |
| Place by popularity | 82 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 10.48 | 5.33 |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | GP107B | Polaris 23 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 3 January 2017 (8 years ago) | 13 May 2019 (5 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 | 640 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | 1354 MHz | 1082 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1493 MHz | 1218 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,300 million | 2,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 97 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 59.72 | 38.98 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.911 TFLOPS | 1.247 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| TMUs | 40 | 32 |
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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| 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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4000 MB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7008 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 112 GB/s | 112.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 Connectors | DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | - | + |
| HDCP | 2.2 | - |
| G-SYNC support | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| GameStream | + | - |
| GPU Boost | 3.0 | no data |
| Ansel | + | - |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | + | - |
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:
| 900p | 73
+204%
| 24−27
−204%
|
| Full HD | 46
+229%
| 14−16
−229%
|
| 1440p | 24
+200%
| 8−9
−200%
|
| 4K | 15
+200%
| 5−6
−200%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 51
+264%
|
14−16
−264%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 39
+333%
|
9−10
−333%
|
| Fortnite | 132
+529%
|
21−24
−529%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 55
+224%
|
16−18
−224%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 46
+188%
|
16−18
−188%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 44
+214%
|
14−16
−214%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 150−160
+141%
|
65−70
−141%
|
| Dota 2 | 126
+271%
|
30−35
−271%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 36
+300%
|
9−10
−300%
|
| Fortnite | 51
+143%
|
21−24
−143%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 52
+206%
|
16−18
−206%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 42
+282%
|
10−12
−282%
|
| Metro Exodus | 19
+171%
|
7−8
−171%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 41
+156%
|
16−18
−156%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 39
+255%
|
10−12
−255%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 37
+164%
|
14−16
−164%
|
| Dota 2 | 115
+238%
|
30−35
−238%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 33
+267%
|
9−10
−267%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 37
+118%
|
16−18
−118%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 29
+81.3%
|
16−18
−81.3%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 22
+100%
|
10−12
−100%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 39
+85.7%
|
21−24
−85.7%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 80−85
+193%
|
27−30
−193%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 16−18
+433%
|
3−4
−433%
|
| Metro Exodus | 11
+450%
|
2−3
−450%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 26
+225%
|
8−9
−225%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 21
+320%
|
5−6
−320%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 26
+189%
|
9−10
−189%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 25
+257%
|
7−8
−257%
|
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 21−24
+37.5%
|
16−18
−37.5%
|
| Metro Exodus | 7
+250%
|
2−3
−250%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 12−14
+225%
|
4−5
−225%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 13
+225%
|
4−5
−225%
|
| Dota 2 | 34
+183%
|
12−14
−183%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 11
+450%
|
2−3
−450%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 15
+275%
|
4−5
−275%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 12
+200%
|
4−5
−200%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 10
+150%
|
4−5
−150%
|
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Valorant | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Valorant | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Valorant | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 30−33
+0%
|
30−33
+0%
|
| Valorant | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Valorant | 18−20
+0%
|
18−20
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
This is how GTX 1050 Mobile and Radeon 630 compete in popular games:
- GTX 1050 Mobile is 204% faster in 900p
- GTX 1050 Mobile is 229% faster in 1080p
- GTX 1050 Mobile is 200% faster in 1440p
- GTX 1050 Mobile is 200% faster in 4K
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Fortnite, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 1050 Mobile is 529% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- GTX 1050 Mobile is ahead in 34 tests (59%)
- there's a draw in 24 tests (41%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 10.59 | 3.59 |
| Recency | 3 January 2017 | 13 May 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4000 MB | 2 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 50 Watt |
GTX 1050 Mobile has a 195% higher aggregate performance score, and a 95.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.
Radeon 630, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 50% lower power consumption.
The GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 630 in performance tests.
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