GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile vs Radeon RX 5500

Place in the ranking	251	417
Place by popularity	not in top-100	93
Power efficiency	14.28	10.66
Architecture	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Navi 14	GP107B
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	7 October 2019 (5 years ago)	3 January 2017 (8 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	1408	640
Core clock speed	no data	1354 MHz
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz	1493 MHz
Number of transistors	6,400 million	3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	97 °C
Texture fill rate	162.4	59.72
Floating-point processing power	5.196 TFLOPS	1.911 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	16
TMUs	88	40

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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Bus support	no data	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	180 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	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	GDDR6	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4000 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	7008 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	112 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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

Supported technologies

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

GameStream	-	+
GPU Boost	no data	3.0
Ansel	-	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	no data	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	-	1.2.131
CUDA	-	+

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	140−150 +91.8%	73 −91.8%
Full HD	90−95 +95.7%	46 −95.7%
1440p	45−50 +87.5%	24 −87.5%
4K	27−30 +80%	15 −80%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	51 +0%	51 +0%
Far Cry 5	39 +0%	39 +0%
Fortnite	132 +0%	132 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	55 +0%	55 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	46 +0%	46 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27 +0%	27 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	44 +0%	44 +0%
Dota 2	126 +0%	126 +0%
Far Cry 5	36 +0%	36 +0%
Fortnite	51 +0%	51 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	52 +0%	52 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	42 +0%	42 +0%
Metro Exodus	19 +0%	19 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	41 +0%	41 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14 +0%	14 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	39 +0%	39 +0%
World of Tanks	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	37 +0%	37 +0%
Dota 2	115 +0%	115 +0%
Far Cry 5	33 +0%	33 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	37 +0%	37 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	29 +0%	29 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	22 +0%	22 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Metro Exodus	11 +0%	11 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	26 +0%	26 +0%
Far Cry 5	21 +0%	21 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	26 +0%	26 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

+0%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Metro Exodus	7 +0%	7 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	13 +0%	13 +0%
Dota 2	34 +0%	34 +0%
Far Cry 5	11 +0%	11 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	15 +0%	15 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12 +0%	12 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

+0%

This is how RX 5500 and GTX 1050 Mobile compete in popular games:

RX 5500 is 92% faster in 900p
RX 5500 is 96% faster in 1080p
RX 5500 is 88% faster in 1440p
RX 5500 is 80% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 41 test (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	22.82	11.61
Recency	7 October 2019	3 January 2017
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4000 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	75 Watt

RX 5500 has a 96.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 2.4% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

GTX 1050 Mobile, on the other hand, has 46.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 5500 is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.