Radeon RX 6800 vs GeForce GTX 1050

Radeon RX 6800
Memory: 16384Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 28 Oct 2020
Radeon RX 6800
GeForce GTX 1050
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 25 Oct 2016
GeForce GTX 1050

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 6800
    540%
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6800

440% higher gaming performance.
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)

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 RX 6800 .
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 6800

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 6800

The Radeon RX 6800 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 6800GeForce GTX 1050
GPU NameNavi 21 (Navi 21 XL)vsGP107 (GP107-300-A1)
Fab Process7 nmvs14 nm
Die Size536 mm²vs132 mm²
Transistors26,800 millionvs3,300 million
Shaders3840vs640
Compute Units60vs5
Core clock1700 MHzvs1354 MHz
ROPs96vs32
TMUs240vs40

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 6800GeForce GTX 1050
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed2000 MHz
16 Gbps effective
vs1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective
Memory Size16384 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 6800GeForce GTX 1050
TDP250 wattsvs75 watts
Release Date28 Oct 2020vs25 Oct 2016

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6800
    202.10 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    43.30 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6800
    505.20 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    54.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 6800
    512.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    112.10 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 6800
    16170.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    1733.10 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX 6800
    184
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    33

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX 6800
    131
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    25

FPS (higher is better)