AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Video outputs and ports, API support, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
7.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 75 Watt

Launch date	24 November 2017 vs 25 October 2016
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 75 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)

4.3x more core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 27% higher boost clock speed: 1392 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 65% higher texture fill rate: 58.2 GTexel / s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 640 vs 512
Around 65% better floating-point performance: 1,862 gflops vs 1,126 gflops
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
8.8x more memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 457 vs 399
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5029 vs 1527
Around 95% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17466 vs 8941
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3685 vs 3157
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3685 vs 3157

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1290 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1392 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Texture fill rate	58.2 GTexel / s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 512
Floating-point performance	1,862 gflops vs 1,126 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	457 vs 399
PassMark - G3D Mark	5029 vs 1527
Geekbench - OpenCL	17466 vs 8941
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685 vs 3157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685 vs 3157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360 vs 3359

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

399

457

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1527

5029

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8941

17466

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3157

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3157

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3360

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3360

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)
PassMark - G2D Mark	399	457
PassMark - G3D Mark	1527	5029
Geekbench - OpenCL	8941	17466
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3157	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3157	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3360
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		67.209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		799.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		30.523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		223.683
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		7043
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		7043
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		122

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Pascal
Code name	Vega	GP107
Launch date	24 November 2017	25 October 2016
Place in performance rating	665	586
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$109
Price now		$124.99
Value for money (0-100)		56.95
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1392 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1290 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,126 gflops	1,862 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	512	640
Texture fill rate	35.2 GTexel / s	58.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	4,500 million	3,300 million
CUDA cores		640
Maximum GPU temperature		97 °C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Height		4.38" (11.1 cm)
Length		5.7" (14.5 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		None
Width		2-slot
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	112 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	7008 MHz
Memory type	DDR4	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Multi monitor support
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL		4.5
Vulkan
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GameStream
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
VR Ready