AMD Radeon Sky 500
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
AMD Radeon Sky 500
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon Sky 500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

266
Place in performance rating
304
GCN 1.0
Architecture
Pascal
Pitcairn
Code name
GP107
Desktop
Type
Laptop
27 March 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
3 January 2018 (3 years ago)
$129
Price now
$1085
15.67
Value for money
3.76
Pitcairn
GPU code name
N17P-G0 Max-Q
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon Sky 500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
640
950 MHz
Core clock speed
999 - 1189 MHz
no data
Boost Clock
1328 MHz
2,800 million
Transistor count
3,300 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
76.00
Texture fill rate
53.12
2,432 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,700 gflops
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
no data
Boost clock speed
1139 - 1328 MHz
2,800 million
Number of transistors
3,300 million
150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon Sky 500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
242 mm
Length
no data
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
no data
Laptop size
large
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
no data
full height / full length
Form factor
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon Sky 500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
4800 MHz
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
154 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112.1 GB/s
no data
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon Sky 500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q, the size and number of monitors.

1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs
1
Dual-link DVI support
no data
1
DisplayPort count
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon Sky 500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon Sky 500 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon Sky 500 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon Sky 500
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon Sky 500
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon Sky 500
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon Sky 500
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon Sky 500
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon Sky 500

4.47% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($129 vs $1085)

More pipelines (1280 vs 640)

More memory bandwidth (154 GB/s vs 112.1 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 150 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon Sky 500 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon Sky 500 .

AMD Radeon Sky 500 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q performance benchmarks comparison

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