Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB vs Radeon RX 460
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
3072 Mb GDDR5
Released 21 May 2018
DESKTOP
VS
AMD
Radeon RX 460
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 29 Jun 2016
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Summary
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB121%
- Radeon RX 460100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
- 21% higher gaming performance.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 RX 460
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
The GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (7 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB | Radeon RX 460 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP107 (GP107-301-A1) | Baffin (Baffin PRO) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die Size | 132 mm² | 123 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,300 million | 3,000 million |
| Shaders | 768 | 896 |
| Compute Units | 6 | 14 |
| Core clock | 1392 MHz | 1090 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | 16 |
| TMUs | 48 | 56 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB | Radeon RX 460 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 96 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective | 1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB | Radeon RX 460 |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | 75 watts |
| Release Date | 21 May 2018 | 29 Jun 2016 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB36.43 GP/s
- Radeon RX 46019.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB72.86 GT/s
- Radeon RX 46067.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB84.10 GB/s
- Radeon RX 460112.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB2332.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon RX 4602150.40 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Game benchmarks
Battlefield 1
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB56
- Radeon RX 46047
FPS (higher is better)
Far Cry 5
Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB39
- Radeon RX 46036
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB62
- Radeon RX 46043
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield 1
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB37
- Radeon RX 46032
FPS (higher is better)
Far Cry 5
Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB26
- Radeon RX 46024
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB41
- Radeon RX 46032
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB26
- Radeon RX 46021
FPS (higher is better)