Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs AMD Radeon RX 590

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, vs AMD Radeon RX 590. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and AMD Radeon RX 590
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
33
15
15
n/a
79
42
33
19
The Witcher 3
22
20
14
n/a
54
47
26
15
Counter-Strike 2
46
29
23
n/a
93
64
42
20
Far Cry 6
30
28
20
9
62
50
39
20
Hogwarts Legacy
18
13
11
n/a
36
29
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
30
26
16
11
50
42
29
17
Ghost of Tsushima
13
9
9
n/a
36
25
17
10
Cyberpunk 2077
13
12
n/a
n/a
34
30
15
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
30
27
15
n/a
67
55
34
17
Avg FPS
1080p High2657
1080p Ultra2043
1440p Ultra1428
4K Ultra-15
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
2312
AMD Radeon RX 590
4611
Time Spy23524778
Fire Strike770316524
Night Raid3345962059
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
21180
AMD Radeon RX 590
45783
Background Blur56.6 frames/s69 frames/s
Face Detection27.4 frames/s38.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.82 Gpix/sec1.75 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.2 Gpix/sec3.31 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.27 Gpix/sec3.31 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.18 Gpix/sec0.38 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching66.3 Gpix/sec180.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics1916.5 fps6238 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
6329
AMD Radeon RX 590
9377
G2D Mark649788
DirectX 1145 fps65 fps
DirectX 1225 fps46 fps
GPU Compute2657 Ops/s3900 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
34.4 fps
AMD Radeon RX 590
61.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)196 fps345.4 fps
Car Chase195.2 fps328.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)166.6 fps275.6 fps
T-Rex839.6 fps1275.2 fps
ALU 2744.9 fps1417.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2270.3 fps266.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation848.11012.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 25, 2016 November, 15, 2018
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level High-end
Architecture Pascal GCN 4.0
Codename GP107 Polaris 30
Price 139 279

GPU

GPU Frequency 1291 MHz 1469 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1392 MHz 1545 MHz
Shader Units 768 2304
TMUs 48 144
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units 6 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 48 KB/core 16 KB/core
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 45 Gpix/sec 49 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 67 GTex/s 222 GTex/s
FLOPS 2.1 TFLOPS 7.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 75 W 175 W
Process Samsung GlobalFoundries
Process tech. 14 nm 12 nm
Max temperature 97 °C n/a
Transistor Size 132 mm² 232 mm²
Transistor count 3 billion 5 billion
Transistor density 22.73 MTr/mm² 21.55 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1752 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
112.1 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 590
256 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

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