Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 8. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
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
24
12
9
n/a
The Witcher 3
22
20
14
n/a
9
11
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
46
29
23
n/a
27
17
12
n/a
Far Cry 6
30
28
20
9
19
17
10
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
18
13
11
n/a
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
30
26
16
11
20
15
13
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
13
9
9
n/a
12
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
13
12
n/a
n/a
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
30
27
15
n/a
15
15
10
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High2616
1080p Ultra2012
1440p Ultra149
4K Ultra--
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
2312
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
1248
Time Spy23521413
Fire Strike77034515
Night Raid3345917937
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
21180
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
10472
Background Blur56.6 frames/s21.2 frames/s
Face Detection27.4 frames/s10.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.82 Gpix/sec0.34 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.2 Gpix/sec0.65 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.27 Gpix/sec0.51 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.18 Gpix/sec0.13 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching66.3 Gpix/sec34.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics1916.5 fps1322.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
6329
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
1580
G2D Mark649409
DirectX 1145 fps10 fps
DirectX 1225 fps8 fps
GPU Compute2657 Ops/s874 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
34.4 fps
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
12.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)196 fps77 fps
Car Chase195.2 fps68.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)166.6 fps58.9 fps
T-Rex839.6 fps293.7 fps
ALU 2744.9 fps318 fps
Driver Overhead 2270.3 fps98.4 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation848.1340.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced October, 25, 2016 February, 13, 2018
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture Pascal GCN 5.0
Codename GP107 Raven
Price 139 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1291 MHz 300 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1392 MHz 1100-2100 MHz
Shader Units 768 512
TMUs 48 32
ROPs 32 8
Execution Units 6 8
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 48 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 1024 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 45 Gpix/sec 9-17 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 67 GTex/s 35-67 GTex/s
FLOPS 2.1 TFLOPS 1.1-2.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 IGP
TGP 75 W 15 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 14 nm 7 nm
Max temperature 97 °C n/a
Transistor Size 132 mm² 210 mm²
Transistor count 3 billion 4.94 billion
Transistor density 22.73 MTr/mm² 23.52 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1752 MHz n/a
Bus 128 bit n/a
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 4 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
112.1 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
n/a

API

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

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