NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon 530X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q and AMD Radeon 530X 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q

AMD Radeon 530X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 37% higher core clock speed: 999 MHz vs 730 MHz
Around 30% higher boost clock speed: 1328 MHz vs 1021 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 53.12 GTexel / s vs 24.5 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
2.2x better floating-point performance: 1,700 gflops vs 784.1 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 4000 MHz

Launch date	3 January 2018 vs 18 April 2017
Core clock speed	999 MHz vs 730 MHz
Boost clock speed	1328 MHz vs 1021 MHz
Texture fill rate	53.12 GTexel / s vs 24.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,700 gflops vs 784.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz vs 4000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 530X

Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 28019 vs 12690

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	28019 vs 12690

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon 530X

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

12690

28019

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q	AMD Radeon 530X
PassMark - G3D Mark	4056
PassMark - G2D Mark	289
Geekbench - OpenCL	12690	28019
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1341
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1341
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2076

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q	AMD Radeon 530X
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP107	Meso
Launch date	3 January 2018	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	695	842
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1328 MHz	1021 MHz
Core clock speed	999 MHz	730 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,700 gflops	784.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	384
Texture fill rate	53.12 GTexel / s	24.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	3,300 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.1 GB / s	32 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0