GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB vs Radeon R4 Graphics

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated360
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data1.34
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameBeemaGP107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date11 June 2014 (10 years ago)21 May 2018 (6 years ago)
Current price$240 $1118

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores128768
Core clock speed800 MHz1392 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1518 MHz
Number of transistors930 million3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate6.40072.86
Floating-point performance204.8 gflopsno 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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data145 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared3 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared96 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared7008 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data84.1 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMIno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.36.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDAno data6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 June 2014 21 May 2018
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 75 Watt

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