NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB vs AMD Radeon RX 580

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB and AMD Radeon RX 580 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, 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

AMD Radeon RX 580

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1392 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 1518 MHz vs 1340 MHz
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 185 Watt
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3695
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3695

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 May 2018 vs 18 April 2017
Core clock speed	1392 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Boost clock speed	1518 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 185 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3349

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580

Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 7008 MHz
Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11281 vs 8368
Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11281 vs 8368
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 768 vs 589
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8851 vs 5089

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 7008 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11281 vs 8368
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11281 vs 8368
PassMark - G2D Mark	768 vs 589
PassMark - G3D Mark	8851 vs 5089

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8368

11281

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8368

11281

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3695

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3695

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3349

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3349

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

589

768

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5089

8851

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB	AMD Radeon RX 580
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8368	11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8368	11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3349
PassMark - G2D Mark	589	768
PassMark - G3D Mark	5089	8851
Geekbench - OpenCL		39665
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		116.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1022.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		9.235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		84.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		607.721
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4364

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB	AMD Radeon RX 580
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 4.0
Code name	GP107	Polaris 20
Launch date	21 May 2018	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	336	339
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Price now		$169.99
Value for money (0-100)		76.21
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1518 MHz	1340 MHz
Core clock speed	1392 MHz	1257 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	185 Watt
Transistor count	3,300 million	5,700 million
Compute units		36
Floating-point performance		6.2 TFLOPs
Pipelines		2304
Pixel fill rate		42.88 GP/s
Render output units		32
Stream Processors		2304
Texture fill rate		192.96 GTexel/s
Texture Units		144
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL		2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	8000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		8 GB
Memory bandwidth		256 GB/s
Memory bus width		256 bit
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready