GeForce GTX 1050 mobile vs Radeon R9 380X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and Radeon R9 380X, 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 mobile stacks up against Radeon R9 380X, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 mobile here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 mobile Radeon R9 380X
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 190 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 380X has 153% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 1050 mobile.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and Radeon R9 380X have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 380X - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R9 380X - with GCN 3.0.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 380X - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is 6038 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 35−40
ultra / 1080p 14−16 21−24
QHD / 1440p 8−9 16−18
4K / 2160p 6−7 10−11
low / 720p 40−45 60−65
medium / 1080p 27−30 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 380X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 60% more, than GeForce GTX 1050 mobile.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 mobile Radeon R9 380X
Architecture Pascal GCN 3.0
Code name GP107B Antigua
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 3 January 2017 19 November 2015
Pipelines 640 2048
Core clock speed 1354 MHz
Boost Clock 1493 MHz 970 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 59.72 124.2
Floating-point performance 3,973 gflops
Length 221 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 970 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 6.3
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 +
CUDA +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.58 kh/s
FreeSync +
CUDA cores 640
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
HDCP 2.2
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.89 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 20.63 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 175 Sol/s
Compute units 32
Form factor full height / full length
GameStream +
GPU Boost 3.0
High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
LiquidVR +
FRTC +
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