NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Notebook) vs AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Notebook) and AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) 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 Ti (Notebook)

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • Around 37% higher core clock speed: 1493 MHz vs 1090 MHz
  • Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 77.76 GTexel / s vs 67.2 GTexel / s
  • 1130.9x better floating-point performance: 2,488 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5919 vs 4102
  • Around 14% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 20102 vs 17646
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 75.758 vs 55.048
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.071 vs 4.655
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 301.168 vs 239.111
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8496 vs 6821
  • 73.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8496 vs 115.4
  • Around 36% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2336 vs 1723
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 February 2017 vs 8 August 2016
Core clock speed 1493 MHz vs 1090 MHz
Boost clock speed 1620 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate 77.76 GTexel / s vs 67.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 2,488 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz vs 7000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5919 vs 4102
Geekbench - OpenCL 20102 vs 17646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 75.758 vs 55.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.071 vs 4.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 301.168 vs 239.111
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8496 vs 6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8496 vs 115.4
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2336 vs 1723

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)

  • Around 17% higher pipelines: 896 vs 768
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 574 vs 323
  • Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 969.655 vs 843.503
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 76.807 vs 24.676
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 896 vs 768
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 574 vs 323
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 969.655 vs 843.503
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 76.807 vs 24.676

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Notebook)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5919
4102
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
323
574
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
20102
17646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
75.758
55.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
843.503
969.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.071
4.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.676
76.807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
301.168
239.111
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8496
6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8496
115.4
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2336
1723
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Notebook) AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)
PassMark - G3D Mark 5919 4102
PassMark - G2D Mark 323 574
Geekbench - OpenCL 20102 17646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 75.758 55.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 843.503 969.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.071 4.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.676 76.807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 301.168 239.111
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8496 6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8496 115.4
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3336
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2336 1723

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Notebook) AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 4.0
Code name GP106B Baffin
Launch date 1 February 2017 8 August 2016
Place in performance rating 554 551
Type Laptop Desktop
Design Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP) $86
Price now $179.50
Value for money (0-100) 33.86

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1620 MHz 1200 MHz
Core clock speed 1493 MHz 1090 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,488 gflops 2.2 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 768 896
Texture fill rate 77.76 GTexel / s 67.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 70 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 3,000 million
Compute units 14
GPU Power 35-48 Watt
Stream Processors 896

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size large
Bridgeless CrossFire
Length 170 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan
OpenCL 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 112.1 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

Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
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