NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook) vs AMD Radeon R9 M270X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook) and AMD Radeon R9 M270X 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 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 87% higher core clock speed: 1354 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • Around 93% higher boost clock speed: 1493 MHz vs 775 MHz
  • Around 24% higher texture fill rate: 59.72 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
  • Around 24% better floating-point performance: 1,911 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • 6.2x more memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 1125 MHz
  • 3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4462 vs 1204
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 February 2017 vs 21 March 2014
Core clock speed 1354 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed 1493 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate 59.72 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 1,911 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4462 vs 1204
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3721 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3721 vs 3717

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M270X

  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 768 vs 640
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 306 vs 292
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 768 vs 640
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 306 vs 292
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 vs 3359

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M270X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4462
1204
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
292
306
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3721
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3721
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3361
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook) AMD Radeon R9 M270X
PassMark - G3D Mark 4462 1204
PassMark - G2D Mark 292 306
Geekbench - OpenCL 17470
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 67.209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 799.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 223.683
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7239
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3721 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7239
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3721 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2084

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook) AMD Radeon R9 M270X

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP106B Venus
Launch date 1 February 2017 21 March 2014
Place in performance rating 626 628
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1493 MHz 775 MHz
Core clock speed 1354 MHz 725 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,911 gflops 1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 640 768
Texture fill rate 59.72 GTexel / s 48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 1,500 million
Compute units 10

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
G-SYNC support
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Vulkan
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 112.1 GB / s 72 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 1125 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore