HD Graphics 12EU vs GeForce GTX 1050

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	387	not rated
Place by popularity	16	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	11.02	no data
Power efficiency	12.04	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Generation 5.75 (2010)
GPU code name	GP107	Ironlake
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	25 October 2016 (8 years ago)	10 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	96
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	533 MHz
Boost clock speed	1392 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,300 million	177 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	35 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	58.20	6.396
Floating-point processing power	1.862 TFLOPS	0.1023 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	2
TMUs	40	12

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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	QPI
Length	145 mm	no data
Height	4.38" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	IGP
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data
SLI	-	no data

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	2 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1752 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	no data

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	Motherboard Dependent
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
VR Ready	+	no data
Ansel	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	10.1
Shader Model	6.4	4.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	25 October 2016	10 January 2010
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	35 Watt

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