GeForce GTX 1050 mobile vs Radeon R9 380

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and Radeon R9 380. 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 R9 380. 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 R9 380
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 190 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
  Check Price Check Price
  • Radeon R9 380 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 380 have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 380 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R9 380 - with GCN.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 380 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is 6038 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380.

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

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 mobile Radeon R9 380
Architecture Pascal GCN
Code name GP107B Tonga Pro
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 3 January 2017 26 June 2015
Pipelines 640 1792
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 59.72 108.6
Floating-point performance 3,476 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) 0.48 kh/s
FreeSync +
CUDA cores 640
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
HDCP 2.2
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 404 Mh/s
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) 0.66 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 18 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 168.45 Sol/s
Compute units 28
Form factor full height / full length / dual slot
GameStream +
GPU Boost 3.0
High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
LiquidVR +
FRTC +
  Check Price Check Price