NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce MX350

Compare NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q 4 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce MX350, specs and GPU benchmark score. Which is the better graphics card for the money?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

General gaming and workstation score

1057 points

15% slightly better overall score

918 points

Flux Core frame rate

Volumetric ray casting test, a computationally expensive method of rendering high-quality scenes

24 FPS

3 FPS slightly higher Flux Core frame rate

21 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

16 FPS

2 FPS slightly higher Electron frame rate

14 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

16 FPS

1 FPS slightly higher City frame rate

14 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

12 FPS

1 FPS slightly higher Clouds frame rate

11 FPS

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3DMark Graphics score

High-end graphics benchmark

2108 points

71% significantly higher 3DMark Graphics score

1229 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

169.72 points

82% significantly higher Blender score

92.96 points

Geekbench 5 (CUDA) score

CUDA compute benchmark

15058 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (CUDA) score

12572 points

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

17020 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

13872 points

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

16857 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

13882 points

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

16153 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

13618 points

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

17923 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

13257 points

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

999 MHz

33% slightly higher core clock speed

747 MHz

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1139 MHz

21% slightly higher boost clock speed

937 MHz

Memory Bus Width

Number of parallel lines to the memory chips

128 Bit

100% significantly larger memory bus width

64 Bit

Memory Bandwidth

Data transfer speed between GPU core and memory

112.1 GB/s

99% significantly higher memory bandwidth

56.06 GB/s

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

75 W

20 W

274% significantly lower TDP

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

18.22 Gigapixels/s

21% slightly higher pixel rate

14.99 Gigapixels/s

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

45.56 Gigatexels/s

51% significantly higher texture rate

29.98 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

640

Identical

640

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

25% slightly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

260th of 586

269th of 586

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 January

2020 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

GDDR5

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.6

GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q vs GeForce MX350 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark, the GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q GPU is faster than the GeForce MX350 in gaming.

The GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q has a slightly higher core clock speed. The core clock speed (or base speed) is the frequency at which the GPU core runs. This metric makes sense when comparing GPUs of a similar architecture or generation. In addition, the GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q also has a slightly higher boost clock speed: the maximum frequency the chip can reach if power delivery and thermals allow.

In addition, the GeForce MX350 has a significantly lower TDP at 20 W when compared to the GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q at 75 W. This is not a measure of performance, but rather the amount of heat generated by the chip when running at its highest speed.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q over the GeForce MX350.