NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M390X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M390X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile and AMD Radeon R9 M390X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

275
Place in performance rating
259
32.10
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Pascal
Architecture
GCN 3
GP107B
Code name
Amethyst
Laptop
Type
Laptop
3 January 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
9 June 2015 (6 years ago)
$256
Price now
no data
15.65
Value for money
no data
GP107B
GPU code name
Amethyst (XT) / Tonga
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile and AMD Radeon R9 M390X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

640
Pipelines
2048
1290 MHz
Core clock speed
723 MHz
1493 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
3,300 million
Transistor count
5,000 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
100 Watt
59.72
Texture fill rate
92.54
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Floating-point performance
2,961 gflops
97 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
640
CUDA cores
no data
640
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
1392 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
3,300 million
Number of transistors
5,000 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
100 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile and AMD Radeon R9 M390X.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Supplementary power connectors
None
large
Laptop size
large
-
SLI options
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PCIe 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 3.0

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile and AMD Radeon R9 M390X can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
7008 MHz
Memory clock speed
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112 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
160.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile and AMD Radeon R9 M390X, the size and number of monitors.

DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
G-SYNC support
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+
Multi monitor support
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2.2
HDCP
no data
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Eyefinity
1

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile and AMD Radeon R9 M390X is the additional functionality.

+
Multi Monitor
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+
3D Vision
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3.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
Multi-Projection
no data
+
Ansel
no data
+
ShadowWorks
no data
+
GameStream
no data
no data
AppAcceleration
-
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
+
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PowerTune
+
no data
TrueAudio
-
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ZeroCore
+
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Enduro
-
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DualGraphics
1
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Switchable graphics
1

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile and AMD Radeon R9 M390X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.5
OpenGL
4.4
1.2.131
Vulkan
+
6.4
Shader Model
6.3
1.2
OpenCL
Not Listed
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Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile and AMD Radeon R9 M390X 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile or AMD Radeon R9 M390X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 53 28 24 18 14 4
AMD Radeon R9 M390X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 62.4 32.6 30.3 29.9 17 8.6
AMD Radeon R9 M390X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 127 62 47 29 20 9
AMD Radeon R9 M390X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 174 64.5 39.3 27.1 18.1
AMD Radeon R9 M390X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 62.4
AMD Radeon R9 M390X
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile

0.5% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 100 Watt)

G-SYNC support

Multi Monitor

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 M390X

More pipelines (2048 vs 640)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (160.0 GB/s vs 112 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile or AMD Radeon R9 M390X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile versus AMD Radeon R9 M390X performance benchmarks comparison

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