GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q vs Ice Lake GT3e
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Generation 11.0 (2019−2021) | Pascal (2016−2021) |
| GPU code name | Ice Lake GT3e | GP107 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | no data | 1 February 2019 (6 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 | 512 | 768 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 1366 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1442 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 3,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 69.22 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 2.215 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 24 |
| TMUs | 32 | 48 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 288 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 768 KB |
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).
| Interface | no data | 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 | no data | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 3 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 96 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 1752 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 84.1 GB/s |
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 | no data | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | - | 6.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 14 nm |
Ice Lake GT3e has a 40% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Ice Lake GT3e and GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Ice Lake GT3e is a desktop graphics card while GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q is a notebook one.
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