GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB vs Radeon RX 580

GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 21 May 2018
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
Radeon RX 580
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 1 Apr 2017
Radeon RX 580

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    100%
  • Radeon RX 580
    204%

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 580 .
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 580

104% 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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon RX 580

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 580

The Radeon RX 580 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (24 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1050 3 GBRadeon RX 580
GPU NameGP107 (GP107-301-A1)vsEllesmere (Ellesmere XT)
Fab Process14 nmvs14 nm
Die Size132 mm²vs232 mm²
Transistors3,300 millionvs5,700 million
Shaders768vs2304
Compute Units6vs36
Core clock1392 MHzvs1120 MHz
ROPs24vs32
TMUs48vs144

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1050 3 GBRadeon RX 580
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width96 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective
vs2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective
Memory Size3072 Mbvs8192 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1050 3 GBRadeon RX 580
TDP75 wattsvs150 watts
Release Date21 May 2018vs1 Apr 2017

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    36.43 GP/s
  • Radeon RX 580
    40.50 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    72.86 GT/s
  • Radeon RX 580
    182.30 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    84.10 GB/s
  • Radeon RX 580
    256.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    2332.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon RX 580
    5834.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Battlefield 1

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    56
  • Radeon RX 580
    106

FPS (higher is better)

Destiny 2

Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    46
  • Radeon RX 580
    74

FPS (higher is better)

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    35
  • Radeon RX 580
    71

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 5

Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    39
  • Radeon RX 580
    75

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry New Dawn

Ultra Quality, DirectX 11,Windows 10x64 build 1809

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    40
  • Radeon RX 580
    75

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    62
  • Radeon RX 580
    89

FPS (higher is better)

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    32
  • Radeon RX 580
    60

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    26
  • Radeon RX 580
    61

FPS (higher is better)

Star Wars Battlefront II

Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    41
  • Radeon RX 580
    94

FPS (higher is better)

Wolfenstein II The New Colossus

Main Leben! quality preset- Vulkan Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    33
  • Radeon RX 580
    86

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 1

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    37
  • Radeon RX 580
    73

FPS (higher is better)

Destiny 2

Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    32
  • Radeon RX 580
    53

FPS (higher is better)

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    22
  • Radeon RX 580
    45

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 5

Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    26
  • Radeon RX 580
    53

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry New Dawn

Ultra Quality, DirectX 11,Windows 10x64 build 1809

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    27
  • Radeon RX 580
    54

FPS (higher is better)

Ghost Recon - Wildlands

Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    25
  • Radeon RX 580
    46

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    41
  • Radeon RX 580
    61

FPS (higher is better)

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    18
  • Radeon RX 580
    36

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    18
  • Radeon RX 580
    43

FPS (higher is better)

Star Wars Battlefront II

Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    26
  • Radeon RX 580
    64

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 580
    46

FPS (higher is better)

Wolfenstein II The New Colossus

Main Leben! quality preset- Vulkan Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    24
  • Radeon RX 580
    59

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry New Dawn

Ultra Quality, DirectX 11,Windows 10x64 build 1809

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    13
  • Radeon RX 580
    28

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    9
  • Radeon RX 580
    26

FPS (higher is better)