NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q 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: 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 R7 430 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 37% higher core clock speed: 999 MHz vs 730 MHz
Around 70% higher boost clock speed: 1328 MHz vs 780 MHz
2.8x more texture fill rate: 53.12 GTexel / s vs 18.72 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
2.8x better floating-point performance: 1,700 gflops vs 599.0 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
3.9x more memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4047 vs 1093
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12601 vs 5928

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2018 vs 30 June 2016
Core clock speed	999 MHz vs 730 MHz
Boost clock speed	1328 MHz vs 780 MHz
Texture fill rate	53.12 GTexel / s vs 18.72 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,700 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4047 vs 1093
Geekbench - OpenCL	12601 vs 5928

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM

Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 372 vs 288
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3341 vs 1491
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 1341
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3341 vs 1491
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 1341

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	372 vs 288
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3341 vs 1491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355 vs 1341
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3341 vs 1491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355 vs 1341

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4047

1093

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

288

372

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

12601

5928

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1491

3341

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1341

3355

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1491

3341

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1341

3355

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q	AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	4047	1093
PassMark - G2D Mark	288	372
Geekbench - OpenCL	12601	5928
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1491	3341
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1341	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1491	3341
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1341	3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2076

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q	AMD Radeon R7 430 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP107	Oland
Launch date	3 January 2018	30 June 2016
Place in performance rating	703	694
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1328 MHz	780 MHz
Core clock speed	999 MHz	730 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,700 gflops	599.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	384
Texture fill rate	53.12 GTexel / s	18.72 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)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.1 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0