ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming
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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 OC Low Profile 3G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming is based on the AMD RX Vega 56 (GCN 5) and has 8 GB HBM2 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 410 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 OC Low Profile 3G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB (Pascal) and has 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 84 GB/s.

GPU

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming has the Vega 10 XL graphics chip installed, which is based on the GCN 5 architecture.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 OC Low Profile 3G is based on the graphics chip GP107-301-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 OC Low Profile 3G
AMD RX Vega 56 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB
Vega 10 XL GPU Chip GP107-301-A1
GCN 5 Architecture Pascal
56 Streaming Multiprocessors 6
3584 Shader 768
64 Render Output Units 24
256 Texture Units 48
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming clocks at 0.800 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 1.6 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 OC Low Profile 3G is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.752 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 3 GB
HBM2 Memory Type GDDR5
0.800 GHz Memory Clock 1.752 GHz
1.6 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
410 GB/s Memory bandwidth 84 GB/s
2048 bit Memory Interface 96 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.297 GHz Base Clock 1.404 GHz
1.573 GHz Boost Clock 1.569 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.54 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 300 W.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 OC Low Profile 3G has PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 75 W.

300 W TDP 75 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 OC Low Profile 3G has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 50 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 OC Low Profile 3G supports the operation of a maximum of 3 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 3
-- HDCP-Version 2.2
2x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 OC Low Profile 3G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
ASUS Aura Sync LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 OC Low Profile 3G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

298 mm Length 167 mm
139 mm Height 69 mm
53 mm Width 37 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 OC Gaming has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q3/2017.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 OC Low Profile 3G came on the market in Q2/2018 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.

ROG-STRIX-RXVEGA56-O8G-GAMING Part-no GV-N1050OC-3GL
Q3/2017 Release date Q2/2018
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 109 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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