NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB vs AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB and AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 91% higher core clock speed: 1392 MHz vs 730 MHz
Around 95% higher boost clock speed: 1518 MHz vs 780 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3.9x more memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3341
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3341
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 601 vs 370
4.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5119 vs 1090

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 May 2018 vs 30 June 2016
Core clock speed	1392 MHz vs 730 MHz
Boost clock speed	1518 MHz vs 780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3341
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3355
PassMark - G2D Mark	601 vs 370
PassMark - G3D Mark	5119 vs 1090

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM

Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3341

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3341

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3355

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3355

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

601

370

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5119

1090

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB	AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8368
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8368
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	3341
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3355
PassMark - G2D Mark	601	370
PassMark - G3D Mark	5119	1090
Geekbench - OpenCL		5924

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB	AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP107	Oland
Launch date	21 May 2018	30 June 2016
Place in performance rating	334	699
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1518 MHz	780 MHz
Core clock speed	1392 MHz	730 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	3,300 million	1,040 million
Floating-point performance		599.0 gflops
Pipelines		384
Texture fill rate		18.72 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	1800 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory type		DDR3