NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook) vs AMD Radeon R7 360

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook) and AMD Radeon R7 360 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, 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), 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 49% higher boost clock speed: 1493 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 59.72 GTexel / s vs 50.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 18% better floating-point performance: 1,911 gflops vs 1,613 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 6.7x more memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4462 vs 3106
  • Around 6% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17485 vs 16433
  • Around 77% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 67.209 vs 38.068
  • Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.536 vs 3.386
  • Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 223.683 vs 188.858
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7239 vs 4799
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7239 vs 4799
  • Around 49% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2089 vs 1402
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 February 2017 vs 18 June 2015
Boost clock speed 1493 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 59.72 GTexel / s vs 50.4 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 1,911 gflops vs 1,613 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 100 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4462 vs 3106
Geekbench - OpenCL 17485 vs 16433
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 67.209 vs 38.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.536 vs 3.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 223.683 vs 188.858
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7239 vs 4799
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7239 vs 4799
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2089 vs 1402

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 360

  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 768 vs 640
  • Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 513 vs 292
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 819.203 vs 799.414
  • Around 91% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 58.285 vs 30.523
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4147 vs 3721
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4147 vs 3721
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 768 vs 640
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 513 vs 292
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 819.203 vs 799.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 58.285 vs 30.523
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4147 vs 3721
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4147 vs 3721

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 360

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4462
3106
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
292
513
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
17485
16433
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
67.209
38.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
799.414
819.203
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.536
3.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
30.523
58.285
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
223.683
188.858
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7239
4799
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3721
4147
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7239
4799
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3721
4147
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2089
1402
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook) AMD Radeon R7 360
PassMark - G3D Mark 4462 3106
PassMark - G2D Mark 292 513
Geekbench - OpenCL 17485 16433
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 67.209 38.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 799.414 819.203
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.536 3.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.523 58.285
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 223.683 188.858
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7239 4799
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3721 4147
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7239 4799
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3721 4147
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2089 1402

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook) AMD Radeon R7 360

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 2.0
Code name GP106B Tobago
Launch date 1 February 2017 18 June 2015
Place in performance rating 644 645
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $109
Price now $146.65
Value for money (0-100) 29.24

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1493 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 1354 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,911 gflops 1,613 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 640 768
Texture fill rate 59.72 GTexel / s 50.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 2,080 million
Stream Processors 768

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Length 165 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 112.1 GB / s 112 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)