GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q vs Radeon RX 470D

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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
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameEllesmereGP107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date21 October 2016 (8 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 cores1792768
Core clock speed926 MHz1366 MHz
Boost clock speed1206 MHz1442 MHz
Number of transistors5,700 million3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate135.169.22
Floating-point processing power4.322 TFLOPS2.215 TFLOPS
ROPs3224
TMUs11248

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
Length241 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1650 MHz1752 MHz
Memory bandwidth211.2 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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 October 2016 1 February 2019
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 75 Watt

RX 470D has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 60% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 470D and GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 470D is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon RX 470D
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