GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile vs Radeon R6 Kaveri

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile and Radeon R6 Kaveri, 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 3GB mobile stacks up against Radeon R6 Kaveri, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile and Radeon R6 Kaveri are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile and Radeon R6 Kaveri 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 3GB mobile or Radeon R6 Kaveri here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile Radeon R6 Kaveri
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 3 MB
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  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - with GCN 1.1.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile is 833 MHz higher, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 18−20 0−1
ultra / 1080p 10−11
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 35−40 1−2
medium / 1080p 21−24 0−1
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 3600% more, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile Radeon R6 Kaveri
Architecture Pascal GCN 1.1
Code name Kaveri
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date April 2018 4 June 2014
Pipelines 768 384
Core clock speed 1366 MHz 533 MHz
Boost Clock 1442 MHz 654 MHz
Transistor count 2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Memory bus width 96 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1752 MHz
Memory bandwidth 84 GB/s
Shared memory +
G-SYNC support +
DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), Shader 5.0
Vulkan +
Laptop size medium sized
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