AMD Radeon RX 480
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
AMD Radeon RX 480
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX 480 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

153
Place in performance rating
215
49.01
Value for money (0-100)
42.81
Polaris
Architecture
Pascal
Ellesmere
Code name
GP107
Desktop
Type
Desktop
29 June 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
25 October 2016 (5 years ago)
$229
Launch price (MSRP)
$139
$480 (2.1x MSRP)
Price now
$350 (2.5x MSRP)
reference
Design
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4th Gen
GCN generation
no data
23.23
Value for money
20.60
Polaris 10 Ellesmere
GPU code name
N17P-G1
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX 480 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2304
Pipelines
768
1120 MHz
Core clock speed
1290 MHz
1266 MHz
Boost Clock
1392 MHz
5,700 million
Transistor count
3,300 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
182.3
Texture fill rate
66.82
5,834 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,138 gflops
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Maximum GPU temperature
97 °C
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CUDA cores
768
36
Compute units
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2304
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
1266 MHz
Boost clock speed
1392 MHz
5,700 million
Number of transistors
3,300 million
150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon RX 480 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
241 mm
Length
145 mm
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
n/a
Bus support
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1
Bridgeless CrossFire
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon RX 480 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
2000 MHz
Memory clock speed
7 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon RX 480 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, the size and number of monitors.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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G-SYNC support
+
1
Eyefinity
no data
2.0
HDMI
+
1.4HDR
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon RX 480 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is the additional functionality.

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VR Ready
+
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Multi Monitor
+
no data
3D Vision
+
no data
CUDA
+
no data
Multi-Projection
+
no data
Ansel
+
n/a
AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
1
FRTC
no data
+
FreeSync
no data
n/a
HD3D
no data
1
LiquidVR
no data
+
PowerTune
no data
1
TressFX
no data
n/a
TrueAudio
no data
+
ZeroCore
no data
+
VCE
no data
n/a
Enduro
no data
+
UVD
no data
+
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon RX 480 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
1.2.131
6.4
Shader Model
6.4
2.0
OpenCL
1.2
n/a
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 480 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon RX 480 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX 480
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 480
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 480
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 44.7 32.3 17.6
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 480 104 65.8 51.6 32.3 17.2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 200 71.7 44.3 32.6 20.6
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 480
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 101 62.9 55.5 52.9 39.3
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 480

9.66% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2304 vs 768)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 16 nm)

More memory bandwidth (224 GB/s vs 112 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

Cheaper ($350 (2.5x MSRP) vs $480 (2.1x MSRP))

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 150 Watt)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, AMD Radeon RX 480 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 480 .

AMD Radeon RX 480 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti performance benchmarks comparison

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