ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 vs GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile and Radeon Xpress 1250, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
1050 Mobile outperforms Xpress 1250 by a whopping 9890% 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 | 472 | 1509 |
| Place by popularity | 75 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 10.75 | no data |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | R400 (2004−2008) |
| GPU code name | GP107B | RS690 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 3 January 2017 (8 years ago) | 28 February 2007 (18 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 | 4 |
| Core clock speed | 1354 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1493 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,300 million | 120 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | no data |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 97 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 59.72 | 1.600 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.911 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 16 | 4 |
| TMUs | 40 | 4 |
| L1 Cache | 240 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 1024 KB | no data |
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 1.0 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 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4000 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 7008 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 112 GB/s | no data |
| 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) | 9.0b (9_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
| 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 | 0−1 |
| Full HD | 46 | -0−1 |
| 1440p | 24 | -0−1 |
| 4K | 15 | -0−1 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 51 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 39 | 0−1 |
| Fortnite | 132
+13100%
|
1−2
−13100%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 55
+1733%
|
3−4
−1733%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 46
+557%
|
7−8
−557%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 44 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 150−160
+1480%
|
10−11
−1480%
|
| Dota 2 | 126
+1475%
|
8−9
−1475%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 36 | 0−1 |
| Fortnite | 51 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 52
+1633%
|
3−4
−1633%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 42 | 0−1 |
| Metro Exodus | 19 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 41
+486%
|
7−8
−486%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 39
+680%
|
5−6
−680%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 37 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 115
+1338%
|
8−9
−1338%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 33 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 37
+1133%
|
3−4
−1133%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 29
+314%
|
7−8
−314%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 22
+340%
|
5−6
−340%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 39 | 0−1 |
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 80−85 | 0−1 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 16−18 | 0−1 |
| Metro Exodus | 11 | 0−1 |
1440p
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 26 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 21 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 26
+2500%
|
1−2
−2500%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 25 | 0−1 |
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 21−24
+46.7%
|
14−16
−46.7%
|
| Metro Exodus | 7 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 12−14 | 0−1 |
4K
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 13 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 34 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 11 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 15 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 12
+1100%
|
1−2
−1100%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 10
+400%
|
2−3
−400%
|
Full HD
Low
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
Full HD
High
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 0−1 | 0−1 |
4K
High
| Valorant | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1050 Mobile is 2500% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- GTX 1050 Mobile performs better in 15 tests (60%)
- there's a draw in 10 tests (40%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 9.99 | 0.10 |
| Recency | 3 January 2017 | 28 February 2007 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 80 nm |
GTX 1050 Mobile has a 9890% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.
The GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Xpress 1250 in performance tests.
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