NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon R7 250X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q and AMD Radeon R7 250X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q

AMD Radeon R7 250X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 1328 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 53.12 GTexel / s vs 38 GTexel / s
Around 40% better floating-point performance: 1,700 gflops vs 1,216 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 80 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
4.3x more memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 1625 MHz
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4020 vs 2269
Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6614 vs 3916
Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6614 vs 3916

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2018 vs 13 February 2014
Boost clock speed	1328 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	53.12 GTexel / s vs 38 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	1,700 gflops vs 1,216 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 80 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz vs 1625 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4020 vs 2269
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6614 vs 3916
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6614 vs 3916

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250X

2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 285
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 1491
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 1341
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 1491
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 1341

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	637 vs 285
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716 vs 1491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 1341
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716 vs 1491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 1341

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 250X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4020

2269

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

285

637

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6614

3916

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1491

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1341

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6614

3916

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1491

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1341

3358

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q	AMD Radeon R7 250X
PassMark - G3D Mark	4020	2269
PassMark - G2D Mark	285	637
Geekbench - OpenCL	12601
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6614	3916
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1491	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1341	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6614	3916
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1491	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1341	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2076	0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		32.22
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		638.532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.963
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		51.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		151.963

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q	AMD Radeon R7 250X
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP107	Cape Verde
Launch date	3 January 2018	13 February 2014
Place in performance rating	656	659
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$99
Price now		$260.70
Value for money (0-100)		11.25
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1328 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	999 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,700 gflops	1,216 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	640
Texture fill rate	53.12 GTexel / s	38 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	3,300 million	1,500 million
Stream Processors		640
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1 x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		210 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.1 GB / s	96 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	1625 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync