Radeon RX 580X vs GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile

Place in performance ranking	383	256
Place by popularity	87	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	11.12	14.50
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	GP107B	Polaris 20
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	3 January 2017 (7 years ago)	11 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Current price	$256	$191

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 580X has 30% better value for money than GTX 1050 Mobile.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	640	2304
CUDA cores	640	no data
Core clock speed	1354 MHz	1257 MHz
Boost clock speed	1493 MHz	1340 MHz
Number of transistors	3,300 million	5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	185 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	59.72	193.0
Floating-point performance	no data	6,175 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile and Radeon RX 580X compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	241 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-pin
SLI options	-	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4000 MB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	256.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	no data	+
HDCP	2.2	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream	+	no data
GPU Boost	3.0	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	6.4	6.4
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1050 Mobile 11.55

RX 580X 20.19
+74.8%

Radeon RX 580X outperforms GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile by 75% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 1050 Mobile 4461

RX 580X 7798
+74.8%

Radeon RX 580X outperforms GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile by 75% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	73 −64.4%	120−130 +64.4%
Full HD	46 −73.9%	80−85 +73.9%
1440p	24 −66.7%	40−45 +66.7%
4K	15 −60%	24−27 +60%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −76.2%	37 +76.2%
Battlefield 5	27−30 −88.9%	51 +88.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −90.5%	40 +90.5%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −85.7%	39 +85.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 −81%	38 +81%
Forza Horizon 4	30−33 −83.3%	55 +83.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −92.9%	27 +92.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −83.3%	33 +83.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −87.5%	30 +87.5%
Battlefield 5	24−27 −83.3%	44 +83.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −83.3%	33 +83.3%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −100%	36 +100%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 −76.2%	37 +76.2%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 −92.6%	52 +92.6%
Metro Exodus	10−11 −90%	19 +90%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −75%	14 +75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −81.3%	29 +81.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 −85.7%	39 +85.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −80%	18 +80%
Battlefield 5	21−24 −76.2%	37 +76.2%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −83.3%	33 +83.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −83.3%	33 +83.3%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −76.2%	37 +76.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −83.3%	22 +83.3%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −80%	18 +80%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −83.3%	11 +83.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −90%	18−20 +90%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −88.9%	17 +88.9%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −85.7%	13 +85.7%
Battlefield 5	14−16 −85.7%	26 +85.7%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −75%	21 +75%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −100%	24 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −85.7%	26 +85.7%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −100%	10 +100%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −75%	7 +75%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −83.3%	10−12 +83.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −100%	8 +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −75%	7 +75%
Battlefield 5	7−8 −85.7%	13 +85.7%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −83.3%	11 +83.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −83.3%	11 +83.3%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −87.5%	15 +87.5%