GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon R9 380

GeForce GTX 1050
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 25 Oct 2016
GeForce GTX 1050
Radeon R9 380
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Jun 2015
Radeon R9 380

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    100%
  • Radeon R9 380
    124%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1050

115 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 380 .
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 380

24% 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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 R9 380

HWBench recommends Radeon R9 380

The Radeon R9 380 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (24 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1050Radeon R9 380
GPU NameGP107 (GP107-300-A1)vsAntigua (Antigua PRO)
Fab Process14 nmvs28 nm
Die Size132 mm²vs366 mm²
Transistors3,300 millionvs5,000 million
Shaders640vs1792
Compute Units5vs28
Core clock1354 MHzvs970 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs40vs112

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1050Radeon R9 380
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective
vs1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1050Radeon R9 380
TDP75 wattsvs190 watts
Release Date25 Oct 2016vs18 Jun 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    43.30 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 380
    31.04 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    54.20 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 380
    108.60 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    112.10 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 380
    176.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    1733.10 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 380
    3476.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Alien Isolation

DX11, Max Detail, 2xMSAA 16xAF

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    76
  • Radeon R9 380
    74

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    40
  • Radeon R9 380
    37

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    37
  • Radeon R9 380
    36

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    44
  • Radeon R9 380
    46

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    58
  • Radeon R9 380
    54

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    24
  • Radeon R9 380
    47

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    31
  • Radeon R9 380
    42

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    35
  • Radeon R9 380
    46

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    33
  • Radeon R9 380
    37

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    33
  • Radeon R9 380
    43

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Warhammer

DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    24
  • Radeon R9 380
    51

FPS (higher is better)

Alien Isolation

DX11, Max Detail, 2xMSAA 16xAF

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    55
  • Radeon R9 380
    51

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    26
  • Radeon R9 380
    28

FPS (higher is better)

Ashes Of The Singularity

High Quality Mode, 8 millon samples, 2xMSAA, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    25
  • Radeon R9 380
    7

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    31
  • Radeon R9 380
    26

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    28
  • Radeon R9 380
    32

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    39
  • Radeon R9 380
    40

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    18
  • Radeon R9 380
    36

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    20
  • Radeon R9 380
    32

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    26
  • Radeon R9 380
    31

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    25
  • Radeon R9 380
    28

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    23
  • Radeon R9 380
    33

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Warhammer

DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    18
  • Radeon R9 380
    34

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    16
  • Radeon R9 380
    21

FPS (higher is better)