Radeon Pro Vega 48 vs GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile with Radeon Pro Vega 48, including specs and performance data.
Pro 48 outperforms 1050 Mobile by a whopping 154% 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 | 475 | 241 |
| Place by popularity | 89 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 10.88 | no data |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) |
| GPU code name | GP107B | Vega 10 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 3 January 2017 (9 years ago) | 19 March 2019 (7 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 | 3072 |
| Core clock speed | 1354 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1493 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,300 million | 12,500 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | no data |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 97 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 59.72 | 249.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.911 TFLOPS | 7.987 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 64 |
| TMUs | 40 | 192 |
| L1 Cache | 240 KB | 768 KB |
| L2 Cache | 1024 KB | 4 MB |
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 x16 |
| 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 | HBM2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4000 MB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 2048 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7008 MHz | 786 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 112 GB/s | 402.4 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 | DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI | No outputs |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| 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 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 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.1.125 |
| 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
−147%
| 180−190
+147%
|
| Full HD | 46
−139%
| 110−120
+139%
|
| 1440p | 24
−150%
| 60−65
+150%
|
| 4K | 15
−133%
| 35−40
+133%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 51
−135%
|
120−130
+135%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 39
−144%
|
95−100
+144%
|
| Fortnite | 132
−127%
|
300−310
+127%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 55
−136%
|
130−140
+136%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 46
−139%
|
110−120
+139%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 44
−150%
|
110−120
+150%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 150−160
−153%
|
400−450
+153%
|
| Dota 2 | 126
−138%
|
300−310
+138%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 36
−150%
|
90−95
+150%
|
| Fortnite | 51
−135%
|
120−130
+135%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 52
−150%
|
130−140
+150%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 42
−138%
|
100−105
+138%
|
| Metro Exodus | 19
−137%
|
45−50
+137%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 41
−144%
|
100−105
+144%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 39
−144%
|
95−100
+144%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 37
−143%
|
90−95
+143%
|
| Dota 2 | 115
−152%
|
290−300
+152%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 33
−142%
|
80−85
+142%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 37
−143%
|
90−95
+143%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 29
−141%
|
70−75
+141%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 22
−150%
|
55−60
+150%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 39
−144%
|
95−100
+144%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 80−85
−147%
|
200−210
+147%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−133%
|
35−40
+133%
|
| Metro Exodus | 11
−145%
|
27−30
+145%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 26
−150%
|
65−70
+150%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 21
−138%
|
50−55
+138%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 26
−150%
|
65−70
+150%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 25
−140%
|
60−65
+140%
|
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 21−24
−150%
|
55−60
+150%
|
| Metro Exodus | 7
−129%
|
16−18
+129%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 12−14
−131%
|
30−33
+131%
|
4K
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 13
−131%
|
30−33
+131%
|
| Dota 2 | 34
−150%
|
85−90
+150%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 11
−145%
|
27−30
+145%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 15
−133%
|
35−40
+133%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 12
−150%
|
30−33
+150%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 10
−140%
|
24−27
+140%
|
This is how GTX 1050 Mobile and Pro Vega 48 compete in popular games:
- Pro Vega 48 is 147% faster in 900p
- Pro Vega 48 is 139% faster in 1080p
- Pro Vega 48 is 150% faster in 1440p
- Pro Vega 48 is 133% faster in 4K
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 10.60 | 26.95 |
| Recency | 3 January 2017 | 19 March 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4000 MB | 8 GB |
Pro Vega 48 has a 154% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 105% higher maximum VRAM amount.
The Radeon Pro Vega 48 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile in performance tests.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Pro Vega 48 is a mobile workstation one.
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