Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB vs Radeon R9 285
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
3072 Mb GDDR5
Released 21 May 2018
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VS
AMD
Radeon R9 285
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 2 Sep 2014
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Summary
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB100%
- Radeon R9 285107%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
- 115 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 285 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon R9 285
- 7% higher gaming performance.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports TrueAudio
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the Radeon R9 285
The Radeon R9 285 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB | Radeon R9 285 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP107 (GP107-301-A1) | Tonga (Tonga PRO) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 132 mm² | 366 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,300 million | 5,000 million |
| Shaders | 768 | 1792 |
| Compute Units | 6 | 28 |
| Core clock | 1392 MHz | 918 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | 32 |
| TMUs | 48 | 112 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB | Radeon R9 285 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 96 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB | Radeon R9 285 |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | 190 watts |
| Release Date | 21 May 2018 | 2 Sep 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB36.43 GP/s
- Radeon R9 28529.38 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB72.86 GT/s
- Radeon R9 285102.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB84.10 GB/s
- Radeon R9 285176.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB2332.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 2853290.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Game benchmarks
Far Cry 5
Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB39
- Radeon R9 28540
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB62
- Radeon R9 28551
FPS (higher is better)
Far Cry 5
Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB26
- Radeon R9 28529
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB41
- Radeon R9 28537
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB26
- Radeon R9 28526
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB9
- Radeon R9 28514
FPS (higher is better)