MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING X 2G
vs
XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 16CU Single Fan


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING X 2G and the XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 16CU Single Fan, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING X 2G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB and has 640 texture shaders and 5 execution units.

XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 16CU Single Fan is based on AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU), which has 1024 shaders and 16 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING X 2G GPU XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 16CU Single Fan
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Based on AMD Radeon RX 560 (16 CU)
GP107-300-A1 GPU Chip Polaris 21 XT
Pascal Architecture GCN 4
5 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
640 Shader 1024
32 Render Output Units 16
40 Texture Units 64
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING X 2G has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 114 GB/s.

The XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 16CU Single Fan can access 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

2 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.777 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
7.1 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
114 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING X 2G clocks in the base with up to 1.354 GHz. The base frequency of the XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 16CU Single Fan is 1.175 GHz.

1.354 GHz Base Clock 1.175 GHz
1.556 GHz Boost Clock 1.295 GHz
1.53 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING X 2G is 75 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 16CU Single Fan has a TDP of 75 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

75 W TDP 75 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING X 2G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 16CU Single Fan has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 3 screens can be connected to the MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING X 2G.

The XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 16CU Single Fan supports a maximum of 4 screens.

3 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING X 2G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 16CU Single Fan is 5120x2880 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 5120x2880
12_1 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
No VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING X 2G is 229 mm long, 131 mm high and 39 mm wide.

The XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 16CU Single Fan is 170 mm long, 121 mm high and 40 mm wide.

229 mm Length 170 mm
131 mm Height 121 mm
39 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
527 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING X 2G was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 109 $ (Reference).

The XFX Radeon RX 560 2GB 16CU Single Fan was introduced in Q2/2017 at a price of 99 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no RX-560P2SFG5
Q3/2016 Release date Q2/2017
109 $ (Reference) Launch Price 99 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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