GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB vs Radeon R5 M420

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 M420 and GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R5 M420
2016
4 GB DDR3
1.19

GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB outperforms R5 M420 by a whopping 849% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1076438
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data11.48
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameJetGP107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 May 2016 (9 years ago)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 cores320768
Core clock speed780 MHz1366 MHz
Boost clock speed850 MHz1442 MHz
Number of transistors690 million3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data75 Watt
Texture fill rate17.0069.22
Floating-point processing power0.544 TFLOPS2.215 TFLOPS
ROPs824
TMUs2048

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 x8PCIe 3.0 x16

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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB3 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1752 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 GB/s84.1 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 outputsNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA-6.1

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%
Fortnite 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−829%
65−70
+829%
Forza Horizon 5 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−844%
85−90
+844%
Valorant 30−35
−838%
300−310
+838%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 27−30
−831%
270−280
+831%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%
Dota 2 16−18
−838%
150−160
+838%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%
Fortnite 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−829%
65−70
+829%
Forza Horizon 5 0−1 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 0−1 0−1
Metro Exodus 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−844%
85−90
+844%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−829%
65−70
+829%
Valorant 30−35
−838%
300−310
+838%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%
Dota 2 16−18
−838%
150−160
+838%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−829%
65−70
+829%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−844%
85−90
+844%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−829%
65−70
+829%
Valorant 30−35
−838%
300−310
+838%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 7−8
−829%
65−70
+829%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
−817%
110−120
+817%
Valorant 4−5
−775%
35−40
+775%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
−838%
150−160
+838%
Valorant 6−7
−817%
55−60
+817%

4K
Ultra Preset

Dota 2 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.19 11.29
Recency 15 May 2016 1 February 2019
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm

R5 M420 has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB, on the other hand, has a 848.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 M420 in performance tests.

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