NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
VS
AMD Radeon 540X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
VS
AMD Radeon 540X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 and AMD Radeon 540X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

250
Place in performance rating
558
40.57
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Pascal
Architecture
GCN 4.0
GP107
Code name
Lexa
Desktop
Type
Laptop
25 October 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
12 August 2019 (2 years ago)
$109
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$349 (3.2x MSRP)
Price now
$421
15.09
Value for money
3.25
N17P-G1
GPU code name
Lexa
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 and AMD Radeon 540X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

640
Pipelines
512
1290 MHz
Core clock speed
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1392 MHz
Boost Clock
1046 MHz
3,300 million
Transistor count
2,200 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
58.20
Texture fill rate
33.47
1,862 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
97 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
640
CUDA cores
no data
640
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
1392 MHz
Boost clock speed
1219 MHz
3,300 million
Number of transistors
2,200 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 and AMD Radeon 540X.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
5.7" (14.5 cm)
Length
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None
Supplementary power connectors
None
-
SLI options
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300 Watt
Recommended system power (PSU)
no data
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
no data
2-slot
Width
no data
4.38" (11.1 cm)
Height
no data
-
SLI
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 and AMD Radeon 540X can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
7008 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
112 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 and AMD Radeon 540X, the size and number of monitors.

DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
+
G-SYNC support
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+
Multi monitor support
no data
2.2
HDCP
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 and AMD Radeon 540X is the additional functionality.

+
VR Ready
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+
Multi Monitor
no data
+
3D Vision
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3.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
Multi-Projection
no data
+
Ansel
no data
+
ShadowWorks
no data
+
GameStream
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 and AMD Radeon 540X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.2.131
Vulkan
+
6.4
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 and AMD Radeon 540X 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 or AMD Radeon 540X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
AMD Radeon 540X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
AMD Radeon 540X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 133 62 40.8 25.9
AMD Radeon 540X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 177 62.2 38.2 30.7 19
AMD Radeon 540X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 52.5 39.3 31.3 28.2
AMD Radeon 540X 41.1
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

19.85% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($349 (3.2x MSRP) vs $421)

More pipelines (640 vs 512)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of AMD Radeon 540X

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 75 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 or AMD Radeon 540X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 versus AMD Radeon 540X performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon 540X