NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q vs AMD Radeon RX 550X

General info

Comparison of graphics card architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters.

Place in performance rating	477	not rated
Value for money	5.14	no data
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Lexa	GP107
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	16 December 2018 (4 years old)	1 February 2019 (4 years old)
Current price	$259	$1197

Technical specs

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 cores	512	768
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1366 MHz
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz	1442 MHz
Number of transistors	2,200 million	3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	50 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	37.86	69.22
Floating-point performance	1,211 gflops	no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

Memory

Parameters of memory installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	3 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	7008 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	84.1 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	no data	6.1

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	16 December 2018	1 February 2019
Memory bus width	128	96
Memory bandwidth	96	84.1
Pipelines / CUDA cores	512	768
Thermal design power (TDP)	50 Watt	75 Watt

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