AMD Radeon RX 550X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 550X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
862x more texture fill rate: 51.48 GTexel/s vs 59.72 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 411 vs 292

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 1 February 2017
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s vs 59.72 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	411 vs 292

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)

Around 23% higher core clock speed: 1354 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1493 MHz vs 1287 MHz
Around 25% higher pipelines: 640 vs 512
1158.2x better floating-point performance: 1,911 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4462 vs 2284
Around 95% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17485 vs 8957
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7239 vs 3428
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7239 vs 3428
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3721 vs 3139
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3721 vs 3139

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1354 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Boost clock speed	1493 MHz vs 1287 MHz
Pipelines	640 vs 512
Floating-point performance	1,911 gflops vs 1.65 TFLOPs
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz vs 7000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4462 vs 2284
Geekbench - OpenCL	17485 vs 8957
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7239 vs 3428
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7239 vs 3428
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3721 vs 3139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3721 vs 3139
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3349

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

411

292

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2284

4462

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8957

17485

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3428

7239

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3428

7239

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3139

3721

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3139

3721

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

3359

Name	AMD Radeon RX 550X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)
PassMark - G2D Mark	411	292
PassMark - G3D Mark	2284	4462
Geekbench - OpenCL	8957	17485
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3428	7239
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3428	7239
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3139	3721
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3139	3721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349	3359
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		67.209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		799.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		30.523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		223.683
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2089

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 550X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Pascal
Code name	Lexa	GP106B
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	1 February 2017
Place in performance rating	641	644
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz	1493 MHz
Compute units	8/10
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1354 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.65 TFLOPs	1,911 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	16 nm
Pipelines	512	640
Pixel fill rate	20.60 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512/640
Texture fill rate	51.48 GTexel/s	59.72 GTexel / s
Texture Units	40
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	4,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
G-SYNC support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	112.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	7008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection