Radeon RX 590 vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

Radeon RX 590
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
Radeon RX 590
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 25 Oct 2016
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 590
    244%
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 590

144% 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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon RX 590

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 590

The Radeon RX 590 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (15 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 590GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
GPU NamePolaris 30 (Polaris 30 XTX)vsGP107 (GP107-400-A1)
Fab Process12 nmvs14 nm
Die Size244 mm²vs132 mm²
Transistors5,700 millionvs3,300 million
Shaders2304vs768
Compute Units36vs6
Core clock1257 MHzvs1290 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs144vs48

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 590GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective
vs1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 590GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
TDP0 wattsvs75 watts
Release DateUNRELEASEDvs25 Oct 2016

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 590
    49.44 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    41.30 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 590
    222.50 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    61.90 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 590
    256.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    112.10 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 590
    7119.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    1981.40 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    80
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    34

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry New Dawn

Ultra Quality, DirectX 11,Windows 10x64 build 1809

  • Radeon RX 590
    80
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    44

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Exodus

Ultra detail, 16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    42
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    20

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    80
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    33

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 590
    63
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    30

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    59
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    14

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry New Dawn

Ultra Quality, DirectX 11,Windows 10x64 build 1809

  • Radeon RX 590
    58
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    30

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Exodus

Ultra detail, 16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    33
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    15

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    52
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    22

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest Details, Pure hair, HBAO+, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    43
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    19

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield V

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    33
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    8

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry New Dawn

Ultra Quality, DirectX 11,Windows 10x64 build 1809

  • Radeon RX 590
    31
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    15

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Exodus

Ultra detail, 16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    21
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    9

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 590
    29
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    13

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 590
    21
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    10

FPS (higher is better)