GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q vs GTX 1070 GDDR5X

Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGP104GP107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date4 December 2018 (5 years ago)1 February 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 cores1920768
Core clock speed1506 MHz1366 MHz
Boost clock speed1683 MHz1442 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate202.069.22
Floating-point processing power6.463 TFLOPS2.215 TFLOPS
ROPs6424
TMUs12048

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
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5XGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1001 MHz1752 MHz
Memory bandwidth256.3 GB/s84.1 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA6.16.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 December 2018 1 February 2019
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 75 Watt

GTX 1070 GDDR5X has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 month, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X and GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q is a notebook one.


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