NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) and AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
- Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 1090 MHz
- Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1392 MHz vs 1200 MHz
- 846.4x better floating-point performance: 1,862 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs
- 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
- Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 67.209 vs 55
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 25 October 2016 vs 8 August 2016 |
| Core clock speed | 1290 MHz vs 1090 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1392 MHz vs 1200 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 1,862 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 2 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 7008 MHz vs 7000 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 67.209 vs 55 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)
- Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 66.08 GTexel / s vs 58.2 GTexel / s
- Around 40% higher pipelines: 896 vs 640
- Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 75 Watt
- 3.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 65217 vs 17466
- Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 970.421 vs 799.414
- Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.656 vs 4.536
- 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 76.881 vs 30.523
- Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 237.944 vs 223.683
- 14.2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1730 vs 122
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 66.08 GTexel / s vs 58.2 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 896 vs 640 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 70 Watt vs 75 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 65217 vs 17466 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 970.421 vs 799.414 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.656 vs 4.536 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 76.881 vs 30.523 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 237.944 vs 223.683 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1730 vs 122 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)
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| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) | AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5029 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 457 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 17466 | 65217 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 67.209 | 55 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 799.414 | 970.421 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.536 | 4.656 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 30.523 | 76.881 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 223.683 | 237.944 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7043 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3685 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3360 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7043 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3685 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3360 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 122 | 1730 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) | AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Pascal | GCN 4.0 |
| Code name | GP107 | Baffin |
| Launch date | 25 October 2016 | 8 August 2016 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $109 | $86 |
| Place in performance rating | 586 | 673 |
| Price now | $124.99 | $179.50 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 56.95 | 26.72 |
| Design | Radeon RX 400 Series | |
| GCN generation | 4th Gen | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1392 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1290 MHz | 1090 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 640 | |
| Floating-point performance | 1,862 gflops | 2.2 TFLOPs |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 97 °C | |
| Pipelines | 640 | 896 |
| Texture fill rate | 58.2 GTexel / s | 66.08 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt | 70 Watt |
| Transistor count | 3,300 million | 3,000 million |
| Compute units | 14 | |
| GPU Power | 35-48 Watt | |
| Stream Processors | 896 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI | No outputs |
| G-SYNC support | ||
| HDCP | ||
| Multi monitor support | ||
| VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
| Height | 4.38" (11.1 cm) | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Length | 5.7" (14.5 cm) | |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 300 Watt | 400 Watt |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Bridgeless CrossFire | ||
| Laptop size | large | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Vulkan | ||
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 112 GB / s | 112 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7008 MHz | 7000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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| 3D Vision | ||
| Ansel | ||
| CUDA | ||
| GameStream | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| Multi Monitor | ||
| Multi-Projection | ||
| ShadowWorks | ||
| VR Ready | ||
| 4K H264 Decode | ||
| 4K H264 Encode | ||
| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| AMD Radeon™ Chill | ||
| AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
| DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready | ||
| FreeSync | ||
| H265/HEVC Decode | ||
| H265/HEVC Encode | ||
| HDMI 2.0 | ||
| HDMI 4K Support | ||
| PowerTune | ||
| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
| Video Code Engine (VCE) | ||
| Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) | ||
| ZeroCore | ||
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