GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon RX Vega 9

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1050 and Radeon RX Vega 9, 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 stacks up against Radeon RX Vega 9, check out specs charts below.

Radeon RX Vega 9 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX Vega 9 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 Radeon RX Vega 9 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Radeon RX Vega 9
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Recommended system power (PSU) 300 Watt
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  • GeForce GTX 1050 is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX Vega 9 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon RX Vega 9 - with Vega.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 and Radeon RX Vega 9 are manufactured by 14 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 12−14
ultra / 1080p 21−24 8−9
QHD / 1440p 16−18 2−3
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 27−30
medium / 1080p 40−45 16−18
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1050 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 176% more, than Radeon RX Vega 9.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Radeon RX Vega 9
Architecture Pascal Vega
Code name N17P-G1 Vega Raven Ridge
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 25 October 2016 26 October 2017
Pipelines 640 576
Core clock speed 1290 MHz
Boost Clock 1392 MHz 1300 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 58.20
Floating-point performance 1,862 gflops
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm)
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
VR Ready +
DirectX 12 (12_1) DirectX 12_1
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.5
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.3 kh/s
CUDA cores 640
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Height 4.38" (11.1 cm)
Multi monitor support +
HDCP 2.2
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 279 Mh/s
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.85 Gh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 143.76 Sol/s
Width 2-slot
GameStream +
GPU Boost 3.0
SLI -
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