GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB vs Radeon RX 460

GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 21 May 2018
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
Radeon RX 460
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Jun 2016
Radeon RX 460

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    121%
  • Radeon RX 460
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

21% higher gaming performance.
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 460

Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports TrueAudio
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

The GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (7 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1050 3 GBRadeon RX 460
GPU NameGP107 (GP107-301-A1)vsBaffin (Baffin PRO)
Fab Process14 nmvs14 nm
Die Size132 mm²vs123 mm²
Transistors3,300 millionvs3,000 million
Shaders768vs896
Compute Units6vs14
Core clock1392 MHzvs1090 MHz
ROPs24vs16
TMUs48vs56

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1050 3 GBRadeon RX 460
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width96 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective
vs1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective
Memory Size3072 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1050 3 GBRadeon RX 460
TDP75 wattsvs75 watts
Release Date21 May 2018vs29 Jun 2016

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    36.43 GP/s
  • Radeon RX 460
    19.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    72.86 GT/s
  • Radeon RX 460
    67.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    84.10 GB/s
  • Radeon RX 460
    112.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    2332.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon RX 460
    2150.40 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Battlefield 1

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    56
  • Radeon RX 460
    47

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 5

Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    39
  • Radeon RX 460
    36

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    62
  • Radeon RX 460
    43

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 1

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    37
  • Radeon RX 460
    32

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 5

Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    26
  • Radeon RX 460
    24

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    41
  • Radeon RX 460
    32

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    26
  • Radeon RX 460
    21

FPS (higher is better)