GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile vs Radeon RX Vega M GL

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Radeon RX Vega M GL Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870
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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega M GL and GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX Vega M GL
2018
4 GB HBM2, 65 Watt
9.88

GTX 1050 Mobile outperforms RX Vega M GL by a moderate 18% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

RX Vega M GL RX Vega M GL
GTX 1050 Mobile GTX 1050 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking455412
Place by popularitynot in top-10098
Power efficiency10.4110.63
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code namePolaris 22GP107B
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 February 2018 (6 years ago)3 January 2017 (7 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 cores1280640
Core clock speed931 MHz1354 MHz
Boost clock speed1011 MHz1493 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data97 °C
Texture fill rate80.8859.72
Floating-point processing power2.588 TFLOPS1.911 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs8040

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfaceIGPPCIe 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 typeHBM2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4000 MB
Memory bus width1024 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz7008 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s112 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 outputsDP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDCP-2.2
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream-+
GPU Boostno data3.0
Ansel-+

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
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA-+

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p60−65
−21.7%
73
+21.7%
Full HD35−40
−31.4%
46
+31.4%
1440p18−21
−33.3%
24
+33.3%
4K12−14
−25%
15
+25%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
High Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−50%
39
+50%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+18.2%
22
−18.2%

4K
High Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−42.9%
10−11
+42.9%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 37
+0%
37
+0%
Battlefield 5 51
+0%
51
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40
+0%
40
+0%
Far Cry 5 39
+0%
39
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 38
+0%
38
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 55
+0%
55
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27
+0%
27
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 33
+0%
33
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30
+0%
30
+0%
Battlefield 5 44
+0%
44
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 33
+0%
33
+0%
Far Cry 5 36
+0%
36
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 37
+0%
37
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 52
+0%
52
+0%
Metro Exodus 19
+0%
19
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14
+0%
14
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 29
+0%
29
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18
+0%
18
+0%
Battlefield 5 37
+0%
37
+0%
Far Cry 5 33
+0%
33
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 33
+0%
33
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 37
+0%
37
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18
+0%
18
+0%
Metro Exodus 11
+0%
11
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 17
+0%
17
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 13
+0%
13
+0%
Battlefield 5 26
+0%
26
+0%
Far Cry 5 21
+0%
21
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 24
+0%
24
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 26
+0%
26
+0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10
+0%
10
+0%
Metro Exodus 7
+0%
7
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8
+0%
8
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7
+0%
7
+0%
Battlefield 5 13
+0%
13
+0%
Far Cry 5 11
+0%
11
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 11
+0%
11
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 15
+0%
15
+0%

This is how RX Vega M GL and GTX 1050 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1050 Mobile is 22% faster in 900p
  • GTX 1050 Mobile is 31% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1050 Mobile is 33% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1050 Mobile is 25% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX Vega M GL is 18% faster.
  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 1050 Mobile is 50% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX Vega M GL is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • GTX 1050 Mobile is ahead in 2 tests (5%)
  • there's a draw in 40 tests (93%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 9.88 11.64
Recency 1 February 2018 3 January 2017
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4000 MB
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 75 Watt

RX Vega M GL has an age advantage of 1 year, a 2.4% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 15.4% lower power consumption.

GTX 1050 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 17.8% higher aggregate performance score.

The GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega M GL in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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