GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q vs Radeon R9 FURY X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q and Radeon R9 FURY X, 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 Max Q stacks up against Radeon R9 FURY X, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q 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 Max Q here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q Radeon R9 FURY X
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 275 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 FURY X has 266% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q and Radeon R9 FURY X have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 FURY X - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R9 FURY X - with GCN 3.0.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 FURY X - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q is 5950 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 FURY X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 50−55
ultra / 1080p 12−14 30−35
QHD / 1440p 6−7 27−30
4K / 2160p 5−6 14−16
low / 720p 40−45 75−80
medium / 1080p 24−27 60−65
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 FURY X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 131% more, than GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Max Q Radeon R9 FURY X
Architecture Pascal GCN 3.0
Code name N17P-G0 Max-Q Fiji
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 3 January 2018 24 June 2015
Pipelines 640 4096
Core clock speed 999 - 1189 MHz
Boost Clock 1139 - 1328 MHz 1050 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million 8,900 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 53.12 268.8
Floating-point performance 1,700 gflops 8,602 gflops
Length 191 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112.1 GB/s 512 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 +
CUDA 6.1
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 858 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 33.4 Mh/s
Compute units 64
AppAcceleration +
High bandwidth memory (HBM) +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
FRTC +
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