Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 vs AMD Radeon 680M

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050, vs AMD Radeon 680M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 and AMD Radeon 680M
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
21
12
n/a
n/a
42
23
17
10
The Witcher 3
16
13
9
n/a
19
21
10
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
38
22
15
n/a
39
23
20
n/a
Far Cry 6
24
25
15
n/a
33
27
19
9
Hogwarts Legacy
15
11
10
n/a
18
12
9
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
29
24
14
11
27
24
19
10
Ghost of Tsushima
11
n/a
n/a
n/a
19
11
9
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
19
15
10
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
23
16
12
n/a
25
24
17
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High2127
1080p Ultra1520
1440p Ultra1114
4K Ultra--
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
1831
AMD Radeon 680M
2194
Time Spy17352337
Solar Bayn/a10075
Port Royaln/a1022
Fire Strike67716948
Night Raid2704527970
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
20580
AMD Radeon 680M
28675
Background Blur52.5 frames/s73.8 frames/s
Face Detection24.9 frames/s30.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.79 Gpix/sec0.93 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.16 Gpix/sec1.17 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.25 Gpix/sec1.17 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.2 Gpix/sec0.37 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching65.5 Gpix/sec105 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics1832.4 fps4640 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
5028
AMD Radeon 680M
4668
G2D Mark457751
DirectX 1138 fps45 fps
DirectX 1220 fps22 fps
GPU Compute2089 Ops/s2163 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
30 fps
AMD Radeon 680M
27.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)174.9 fps142 fps
Car Chase160.4 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)143.1 fpsn/a
T-Rex650.7 fpsn/a
ALU 2631.8 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2231 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLVulkan
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation759.5n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced October, 25, 2016 January, 1, 2022
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture Pascal RDNA 2.0
Codename GP107 Rembrandt
Price 109 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1354 MHz 400 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1455 MHz 2200-2400 MHz
Shader Units 640 768
TMUs 40 48
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units 5 12
Ray Tracing Cores No 12
Tensor Cores No n/a
L1 cache 48 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 1024 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 47 Gpix/sec 70-77 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 58 GTex/s 106-115 GTex/s
FLOPS 1.9 TFLOPS 3.4-3.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 75 W 15 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 14 nm 6 nm
Transistor Size 132 mm² 208 mm²
Transistor count 3 billion 13.1 billion
Transistor density 22.73 MTr/mm² 62.98 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 2 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
112.1 GB/s
AMD Radeon 680M
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a n/a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon 680M the clear winner in this comparison.

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