GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB vs Radeon R5 M420
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon R5 M420 and GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB outperforms R5 M420 by a whopping 849% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1076 | 438 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 11.48 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Pascal (2016−2021) |
| GPU code name | Jet | GP107 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 15 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 cores | 320 | 768 |
| Core clock speed | 780 MHz | 1366 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 850 MHz | 1442 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 690 million | 3,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 17.00 | 69.22 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.544 TFLOPS | 2.215 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 24 |
| TMUs | 20 | 48 |
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 | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 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 type | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 96 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1752 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 16 GB/s | 84.1 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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2 |
| 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%
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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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