NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB vs AMD Radeon RX 560X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB and AMD Radeon RX 560X 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: 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1392 MHz vs 1175 MHz
  • Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1518 MHz vs 1275 MHz
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8368 vs 5698
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8368 vs 5698
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5119 vs 3553
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 May 2018 vs 3 April 2018
Core clock speed 1392 MHz vs 1175 MHz
Boost clock speed 1518 MHz vs 1275 MHz
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz vs 7000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8368 vs 5698
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8368 vs 5698
PassMark - G3D Mark 5119 vs 3553

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560X

  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4873 vs 3717
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4873 vs 3717
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 669 vs 601
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4873 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4873 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3356
PassMark - G2D Mark 669 vs 601

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 560X

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8368
5698
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8368
5698
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
4873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
4873
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3357
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
601
669
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5119
3553
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB AMD Radeon RX 560X
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8368 5698
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8368 5698
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 4873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 4873
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3357
PassMark - G2D Mark 601 669
PassMark - G3D Mark 5119 3553
Geekbench - OpenCL 16524

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB AMD Radeon RX 560X

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 4.0
Code name GP107 Polaris 21
Launch date 21 May 2018 3 April 2018
Place in performance rating 334 397
Type Desktop Desktop, Laptop
Design Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation 4th Gen

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1518 MHz 1275 MHz
Core clock speed 1392 MHz 1175 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 3,300 million 3,000 million
Compute units 14/16
Floating-point performance 2.6 TFLOPs
Pipelines 1024
Pixel fill rate 20.40 GP/s
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 896/1024
Texture fill rate 81.60 GTexel/s
Texture Units 64

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Length 145 mm 170 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 7000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support