GeForce GTX 1050 mobile vs Radeon HD 7990

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and Radeon HD 7990. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and Radeon HD 7990. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

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 HD 7990
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 375 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7990 has 400% 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 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7990.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 7990 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 7990 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is 404 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7990.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7990 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is 1008 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7990.

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 HD 7990 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 60% more, than GeForce GTX 1050 mobile.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 mobile Radeon HD 7990
Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP107B Malta
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 3 January 2017 24 April 2013
Pipelines 640 2048
Core clock speed 1354 MHz 950 MHz
Boost Clock 1493 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 59.72 128.0
Floating-point performance 2x 4,096 gflops
Length 307 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 288.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
CUDA +
CUDA cores 640
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Multi monitor support +
HDCP 2.2
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 459 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 44 Mh/s
GameStream +
GPU Boost 3.0
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