Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 vs AMD Radeon 890M

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050, vs AMD Radeon 890M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 and AMD Radeon 890M
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
58
31
27
14
The Witcher 3
16
13
9
n/a
36
28
15
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
38
22
15
n/a
53
34
24
10
Far Cry 6
24
25
15
n/a
46
36
23
12
Hogwarts Legacy
15
11
10
n/a
25
19
15
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
29
24
14
11
40
34
22
15
Ghost of Tsushima
11
n/a
n/a
n/a
24
19
12
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
26
21
11
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
23
16
12
n/a
42
37
25
12
Avg FPS
1080p High2139
1080p Ultra1529
1440p Ultra1119
4K Ultra-10
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
1831
AMD Radeon 890M
3224
Time Spy17353373
Solar Bayn/a14769
Port Royaln/a1820
Fire Strike67719007
Night Raid2704539135
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
20580
AMD Radeon 890M
42932
Background Blur52.5 frames/s98.6 frames/s
Face Detection24.9 frames/s42 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.79 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.16 Gpix/sec1.6 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.25 Gpix/sec1.69 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.2 Gpix/sec0.55 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching65.5 Gpix/sec214.8 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics1832.4 fps7757.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
5028
AMD Radeon 890M
8470
G2D Mark4571006
DirectX 1138 fps77 fps
DirectX 1220 fps37 fps
GPU Compute2089 Ops/s4421 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
30 fps
AMD Radeon 890M
39.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)174.9 fps197.2 fps
Car Chase160.4 fps229.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)143.1 fps189.7 fps
T-Rex650.7 fps754.1 fps
ALU 2631.8 fps906.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2231 fps251.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation759.51577.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced October, 25, 2016 June, 3, 2024
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Pascal RDNA 3+
Codename GP107 Strix Point
Price 109 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1354 MHz 800 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1455 MHz 2900 MHz
Shader Units 640 1024
TMUs 40 64
ROPs 32 40
Execution Units 5 16
Ray Tracing Cores No 16
Tensor Cores No n/a
L1 cache 48 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 47 Gpix/sec 116 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 58 GTex/s 186 GTex/s
FLOPS 1.9 TFLOPS 5.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 75 W 15 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 14 nm 4 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 132 mm² 178 mm²
Transistor count 3 billion 25.4 billion
Transistor density 22.73 MTr/mm² 142.7 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1752 MHz n/a
Bus 128 bit n/a
ECC support No n/a
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 890M
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon 890M the clear winner in this comparison.

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