GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB vs Radeon RX 480
Summary
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
100%
Radeon RX 480
192%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB |
| 75 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX 480 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 480 |
| 92% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 480
The Radeon RX 480 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (22 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB | | Radeon RX 480 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP107 (GP107-301-A1) | vs | Ellesmere (Ellesmere XT) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 14 nm |
| Die Size | 132 mm² | vs | 232 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,300 million | vs | 5,700 million |
| Shaders | 768 | vs | 2304 |
| Compute Units | 6 | vs | 36 |
| Core clock | 1392 MHz | vs | 1120 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 48 | vs | 144 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB | | Radeon RX 480 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 96 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective | vs | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB | | Radeon RX 480 | |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 21 May 2018 | vs | 29 Jun 2016 |
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
36.43 GP/s
Radeon RX 480
40.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
72.86 GT/s
Radeon RX 480
182.30 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
84.10 GB/s
Radeon RX 480
256.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
2332.00 GFLOPs
Radeon RX 480
5834.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
56
Radeon RX 480
95
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
35
Radeon RX 480
70
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
39
Radeon RX 480
70
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 11,Windows 10x64 build 1809
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
40
Radeon RX 480
69
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
62
Radeon RX 480
84
FPS (higher is better)
Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
32
Radeon RX 480
55
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
26
Radeon RX 480
53
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
41
Radeon RX 480
88
FPS (higher is better)
Main Leben! quality preset- Vulkan Windows 10x64
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
33
Radeon RX 480
81
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
37
Radeon RX 480
68
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
22
Radeon RX 480
44
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
26
Radeon RX 480
48
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 11,Windows 10x64 build 1809
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
27
Radeon RX 480
49
FPS (higher is better)
Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
25
Radeon RX 480
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
41
Radeon RX 480
59
FPS (higher is better)
Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
18
Radeon RX 480
33
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
18
Radeon RX 480
38
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
26
Radeon RX 480
59
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
26
Radeon RX 480
41
FPS (higher is better)
Main Leben! quality preset- Vulkan Windows 10x64
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
24
Radeon RX 480
52
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 11,Windows 10x64 build 1809
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
13
Radeon RX 480
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
9
Radeon RX 480
25
FPS (higher is better)