NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile 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 RX Vega 8 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
3.3x more core clock speed: 999 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 1328 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 51% higher texture fill rate: 53.12 GTexel / s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 640 vs 512
Around 51% better floating-point performance: 1,700 gflops vs 1,126 gflops
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
8.8x more memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 800 MHz
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4049 vs 1494
Around 41% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12601 vs 8941

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2018 vs 24 November 2017
Core clock speed	999 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1328 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Texture fill rate	53.12 GTexel / s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 512
Floating-point performance	1,700 gflops vs 1,126 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4049 vs 1494
Geekbench - OpenCL	12601 vs 8941

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

7.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 392 vs 287
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3157 vs 1491
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 1341
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3157 vs 1491
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 1341

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	392 vs 287
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3157 vs 1491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 1341
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3157 vs 1491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 1341

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4049

1494

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

287

392

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

12601

8941

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1491

3157

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1341

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1491

3157

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1341

3359

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark	4049	1494
PassMark - G2D Mark	287	392
Geekbench - OpenCL	12601	8941
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1491	3157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1341	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1491	3157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1341	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2076

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 5.0
Code name	GP107	Vega
Launch date	3 January 2018	24 November 2017
Place in performance rating	669	670
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1328 MHz	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	999 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,700 gflops	1,126 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	640	512
Texture fill rate	53.12 GTexel / s	35.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	3,300 million	4,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	112.1 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR4
Shared memory	0