AMD Radeon RX 580 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 580, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 580 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
76
38
33
15
21
12
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
52
40
23
13
16
13
9
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
78
56
37
16
38
22
15
n/a
Far Cry 6
58
49
34
17
24
25
15
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
33
23
20
10
15
11
10
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
47
41
27
15
29
24
14
11
Ghost of Tsushima
33
24
16
9
11
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
30
27
13
n/a
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
60
51
31
18
23
16
12
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High5221
1080p Ultra3915
1440p Ultra2611
4K Ultra13-
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 580
4176
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
1831
Time Spy43531735
Port Royal527n/a
Fire Strike149796771
Night Raid5687627045
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 580
40514
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
20580
Background Blur59.5 frames/s52.5 frames/s
Face Detection33.8 frames/s24.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.56 Gpix/sec0.79 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.1 Gpix/sec1.16 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.92 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.33 Gpix/sec0.2 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching161.8 Gpix/sec65.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5395.1 fps1832.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 580
8831
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
5028
G2D Mark767457
DirectX 1160 fps38 fps
DirectX 1243 fps20 fps
GPU Compute3529 Ops/s2089 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 580
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
30 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a174.9 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
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
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 High-end Entry-level
Architecture GCN 4.0 Pascal
Codename Polaris 20 GP107
Price 229 109

GPU

GPU Frequency 1257 MHz 1354 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1340 MHz 1455 MHz
Shader Units 2304 640
TMUs 144 40
ROPs 32 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 2000 KB/core 1024 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 43 Gpix/sec 47 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 193 GTex/s 58 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.2 TFLOPS 1.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 185 W 75 W
Process GlobalFoundries Samsung
Process tech. 14 nm 14 nm
Transistor Size 232 mm² 132 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 3 billion
Transistor density 21.55 MTr/mm² 22.73 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1752 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 7000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 2 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 580
256 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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