GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q vs Radeon Pro 5600M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q and Radeon Pro 5600M, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q stacks up against Radeon Pro 5600M, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q and Radeon Pro 5600M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q and Radeon Pro 5600M are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q or Radeon Pro 5600M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q Radeon Pro 5600M
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 HBM2
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
  Check Price Check Price
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q has 50% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro 5600M.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon Pro 5600M uses PCIe 4.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon Pro 5600M has 4 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q is used in Laptops, and Radeon Pro 5600M - in Mobile workstations.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon Pro 5600M - with Navi / RDNA.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro 5600M - by 7 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q is 5460 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro 5600M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 50−55
ultra / 1080p 12−14 30−35
QHD / 1440p 6−7 27−30
4K / 2160p 5−6 14−16
low / 720p 40−45 75−80
medium / 1080p 24−27 60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro 5600M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 131% more, than GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q Radeon Pro 5600M
Architecture Pascal Navi / RDNA
Code name N17P-G0 Max-Q Navi 10
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Release date 3 January 2018 15 June 2020
Pipelines 640 2560
Core clock speed 999 - 1189 MHz
Boost Clock 1139 - 1328 MHz 1265 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 53.12 164.8
Floating-point performance 1,700 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 1540 MBps
Memory bandwidth 112.1 GB/s 394.2 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 6.5
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2
CUDA 6.1
Laptop size large medium sized
  Check Price Check Price