AMD Radeon RX 560 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 560, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 560 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
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
34
17
15
n/a
21
12
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
15
15
9
n/a
16
13
9
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
33
19
15
n/a
38
22
15
n/a
Far Cry 6
28
19
13
n/a
24
25
15
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
13
11
n/a
n/a
15
11
10
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
26
22
17
9
29
24
14
11
Ghost of Tsushima
13
9
n/a
n/a
11
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
12
10
n/a
n/a
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
23
19
13
n/a
23
16
12
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High2221
1080p Ultra1615
1440p Ultra1111
4K Ultra--
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 560
1769
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
1831
Time Spy18571735
Fire Strike64956771
Night Raid2551027045
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 560
19139
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
20580
Background Blur34 frames/s52.5 frames/s
Face Detection17.6 frames/s24.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.69 Gpix/sec0.79 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.43 Gpix/sec1.16 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.15 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.2 Gpix/sec0.2 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching65.5 Gpix/sec65.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics2232.5 fps1832.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 560
3657
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
5028
G2D Mark487457
DirectX 1124 fps38 fps
DirectX 1220 fps20 fps
GPU Compute1449 Ops/s2089 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 560
25.5 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
30 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)144.3 fps174.9 fps
Car Chasen/a160.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a143.1 fps
T-Rexn/a650.7 fps
ALU 2n/a631.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a231 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a759.5

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 18, 2017 October, 25, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture GCN 4.0 Pascal
Codename Polaris 21 GP107
Price 99 109

GPU

GPU Frequency 1175 MHz 1354 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1275 MHz 1455 MHz
Shader Units 1024 640
TMUs 64 40
ROPs 16 32
Execution Units n/a 5
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 16 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 1024 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 20 Gpix/sec 47 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 82 GTex/s 58 GTex/s
FLOPS 2.6 TFLOPS 1.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 75 W 75 W
Process GlobalFoundries Samsung
Process tech. 14 nm 14 nm
Transistor Size 123 mm² 132 mm²
Transistor count 3 billion 3 billion
Transistor density 24.39 MTr/mm² 22.73 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1752 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 7000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 2 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 560
112 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
112.1 GB/s

API

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

Results

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