GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile vs Radeon RX 5700

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 5700 with GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile, including specs and performance data.

RX 5700
2019
8 GB GDDR6, 180 Watt
37.49
+193%

RX 5700 outperforms Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile by a whopping 193% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking114365
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation80.02no data
ArchitectureNavi / RDNA (2019−2020)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameNavi 10no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date7 July 2019 (5 years ago)April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$349 no data
Current price$116 (0.3x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores2304768
Core clock speed1465 MHz1366 MHz
Boost clock speed1725 MHz1442 MHz
Number of transistors10,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)180 Wattno data
Texture fill rate248.4no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 5700 and GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile 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.

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no data
Length268 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB3 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz1752 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s84 GB/s

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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+no data
G-SYNC supportno data+

Supported technologies

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

Multi-Projectionno data+
Multi Monitorno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.131+

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.

RX 5700 37.49
+193%
Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile 12.81

Radeon RX 5700 outperforms GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile by 193% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX 5700 23746
+271%
Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile 6401

Radeon RX 5700 outperforms GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile by 271% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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:

Full HD113
+223%
35−40
−223%
1440p67
+219%
21−24
−219%
4K43
+207%
14−16
−207%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 240−250
+186%
84
−186%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 220−230
+186%
77
−186%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 280−290
+189%
97
−189%
Battlefield 5 500−550
+178%
180
−178%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 290−300
+184%
102
−184%
Cyberpunk 2077 210−220
+180%
75
−180%
Far Cry 5 300−310
+168%
112
−168%
Far Cry New Dawn 280−290
+183%
99
−183%
Forza Horizon 4 350−400
+165%
132
−165%
Hitman 3 220−230
+189%
76
−189%
Horizon Zero Dawn 600−650
+173%
220
−173%
Metro Exodus 400−450
+178%
144
−178%
Red Dead Redemption 2 300−310
+165%
113
−165%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 600−650
+180%
214
−180%
Watch Dogs: Legion 300−310
+178%
108
−178%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 200−210
+182%
71
−182%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 230−240
+188%
80
−188%
Battlefield 5 400−450
+176%
145
−176%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 260−270
+183%
92
−183%
Cyberpunk 2077 190−200
+184%
67
−184%
Far Cry 5 260−270
+189%
90
−189%
Far Cry New Dawn 260−270
+189%
90
−189%
Forza Horizon 4 800−850
+190%
276
−190%
Hitman 3 220−230
+186%
77
−186%
Horizon Zero Dawn 850−900
+192%
291
−192%
Metro Exodus 400−450
+186%
140
−186%
Red Dead Redemption 2 300−310
+168%
112
−168%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 500−550
+186%
175
−186%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 400−450
+172%
147
−172%
Watch Dogs: Legion 700−750
+188%
243
−188%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 170−180
+183%
60
−183%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 220−230
+186%
77
−186%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 190−200
+179%
68
−179%
Cyberpunk 2077 160−170
+176%
58
−176%
Far Cry 5 180−190
+181%
64
−181%
Forza Horizon 4 300−310
+154%
118
−154%
Horizon Zero Dawn 300−310
+152%
119
−152%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 450−500
+190%
155
−190%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 260−270
+186%
91
−186%
Watch Dogs: Legion 160−170
+176%
58
−176%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 290−300
+184%
102
−184%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 290−300
+184%
102
−184%
Far Cry New Dawn 300−310
+188%
104
−188%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 140−150
+175%
51
−175%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 150−160
+183%
53
−183%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 210−220
+184%
74
−184%
Cyberpunk 2077 100−105
+178%
36
−178%
Far Cry 5 270−280
+190%
93
−190%
Forza Horizon 4 300−310
+191%
103
−191%
Hitman 3 160−170
+191%
55
−191%
Horizon Zero Dawn 270−280
+190%
93
−190%
Metro Exodus 270−280
+187%
94
−187%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 300−310
+178%
108
−178%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 150−160
+183%
50−55
−183%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+189%
38
−189%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 200−210
+186%
70
−186%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 150−160
+183%
53
−183%
Far Cry New Dawn 110−120
+182%
39
−182%
Hitman 3 110−120
+182%
39
−182%
Horizon Zero Dawn 130−140
+177%
45−50
−177%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 100−105
+170%
37
−170%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 140−150
+192%
48
−192%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 90−95
+190%
31
−190%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 90−95
+190%
31
−190%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80
+188%
26
−188%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+167%
15
−167%
Far Cry 5 75−80
+188%
26
−188%
Forza Horizon 4 200−210
+186%
70
−186%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
+191%
55
−191%
Metro Exodus 140−150
+180%
50
−180%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
+173%
11
−173%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 100−105
+186%
35
−186%

This is how RX 5700 and Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RX 5700 is 223% faster in 1080p
  • RX 5700 is 219% faster in 1440p
  • RX 5700 is 207% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 37.49 12.81
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 3 MB
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm

The Radeon RX 5700 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 5700 is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile is a notebook one.


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