NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q vs AMD FirePro D300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q and AMD FirePro D300 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 18% higher core clock speed: 999 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 5080 MHz
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6614 vs 6054
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6614 vs 6054
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 January 2018 vs 18 January 2014
Core clock speed 999 MHz vs 850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz vs 5080 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6614 vs 6054
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6614 vs 6054

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro D300

  • Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 68 GTexel / s vs 53.12 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 1280 vs 640
  • Around 28% better floating-point performance: 2,176 gflops vs 1,700 gflops
  • Around 37% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 20101 vs 14675
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3397 vs 1491
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 1341
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3397 vs 1491
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 1341
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 68 GTexel / s vs 53.12 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 640
Floating-point performance 2,176 gflops vs 1,700 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 20101 vs 14675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3397 vs 1491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 vs 1341
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3397 vs 1491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 vs 1341

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD FirePro D300

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
14675
20101
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6614
6054
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1491
3397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1341
3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6614
6054
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1491
3397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1341
3351
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q AMD FirePro D300
PassMark - G3D Mark 4055
PassMark - G2D Mark 287
Geekbench - OpenCL 14675 20101
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6614 6054
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1491 3397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1341 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6614 6054
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1491 3397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1341 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2076
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 51.183
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1192.547
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 78.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 242.179

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q AMD FirePro D300

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP107 Pitcairn
Launch date 3 January 2018 18 January 2014
Place in performance rating 701 704
Type Laptop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1328 MHz
Core clock speed 999 MHz 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,700 gflops 2,176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 640 1280
Texture fill rate 53.12 GTexel / s 68 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 3,300 million 2,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 4x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None
Length 242 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 112.1 GB / s 162.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 5080 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0