GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q vs Radeon 520

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q and Radeon 520, 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 Ti Max Q stacks up against Radeon 520, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q and Radeon 520 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q and Radeon 520 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 Ti Max Q or Radeon 520 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q Radeon 520
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q has 50% more power consumption, than Radeon 520.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon 520 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon 520.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon 520 - with GCN 1.0.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon 520 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q is 4750 MHz higher, than Radeon 520.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 0−1
ultra / 1080p 21−24
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 1−2
medium / 1080p 40−45 0−1
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6100% more, than Radeon 520.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max Q Radeon 520
Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name N17P-G1 Max-Q Oland
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 3 January 2018 21 March 2017
Pipelines 768 320
Core clock speed 1030 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 68.02 20.60
Floating-point performance 2,177 gflops 659.2 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112.1 GB/s 16 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
VR Ready +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12.0
Shader Model 6.4 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 +
CUDA 6.1
Laptop size medium sized
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