GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon R9 280X
Summary
GeForce GTX 1050
100%
Radeon R9 280X
115%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1050 |
| 175 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 280X . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 R9 280X |
| 15% higher gaming performance. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 280X
The Radeon R9 280X is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (13 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP107 (GP107-300-A1) | vs | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 132 mm² | vs | 352 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,300 million | vs | 4,313 million |
| Shaders | 640 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 5 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 1354 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 40 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1050 | | Radeon R9 280X | |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 25 Oct 2016 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 1050
43.30 GP/s
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050
54.20 GT/s
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050
112.10 GB/s
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050
1733.10 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 1050
40
Radeon R9 280X
40
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 1050
44
Radeon R9 280X
49
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 1050
40
Radeon R9 280X
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1050
58
Radeon R9 280X
63
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 1050
35
Radeon R9 280X
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1050
33
Radeon R9 280X
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
GeForce GTX 1050
26
Radeon R9 280X
30
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Settings
GeForce GTX 1050
28
Radeon R9 280X
35
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 1050
26
Radeon R9 280X
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1050
39
Radeon R9 280X
47
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 1050
26
Radeon R9 280X
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1050
25
Radeon R9 280X
25
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
GeForce GTX 1050
16
Radeon R9 280X
22
FPS (higher is better)