GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB vs Radeon Pro 580X
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon Pro 580X with GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB, including specs and performance data.
Pro 580X outperforms 1050 Mobile 3 GB by an impressive 58% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 339 | 455 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 9.24 | 11.72 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | Pascal (2016−2021) |
| GPU code name | Polaris 20 | GP107 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 18 March 2019 (6 years ago) | 1 February 2019 (7 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2304 | 768 |
| Core clock speed | 1100 MHz | 1366 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1200 MHz | 1442 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | 3,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 172.8 | 69.22 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.53 TFLOPS | 2.215 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 24 |
| TMUs | 144 | 48 |
| L1 Cache | 576 KB | 288 KB |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 768 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | 8 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 96 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1695 MHz | 1752 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 217.0 GB/s | 84.1 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2 |
| CUDA | - | 6.1 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 18.03 | 11.44 |
| Recency | 18 March 2019 | 1 February 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 3 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 75 Watt |
Pro 580X has a 57.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 month, and a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.
GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB, on the other hand, has 100% lower power consumption.
The Radeon Pro 580X is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon Pro 580X is a mobile workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB is a mobile workstation one.
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