NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB
vs
AMD Radeon RX 470


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB has 768 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.52 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 2.29 TFLOPS.

The AMD Radeon RX 470 has 2048 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.21 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 4.94 TFLOPS.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 6 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card AMD Radeon RX 470 is based on the Ellesmere architecture and is equipped with 32 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB GPU AMD Radeon RX 470
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Based on AMD Radeon RX 470
GP107-301-A1 GPU Chip Polaris 10 PRO
Pascal Architecture Ellesmere
6 Streaming Multiprocessors 32
768 Shader 2048
24 Render Output Units 32
48 Texture Units 128
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is equipped with a 3 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.752 GHz clocks.

The AMD Radeon RX 470 has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.650GHz.

3 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.752 GHz Memory Clock 1.650 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 6.6 Gbps
84 GB/s Memory bandwidth 211 GB/s
96 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB has a turbo clock of 1.518 GHz. The turbo frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 470 is 1.206 GHz.

1.392 GHz Base Clock 0.926 GHz
1.518 GHz Boost Clock 1.206 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB has connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 97 °C.

The AMD Radeon RX 470 is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

75 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The AMD Radeon RX 470 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
-- Fan 1 1 x 65 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The AMD Radeon RX 470 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The AMD Radeon RX 470 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_0.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_0
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

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

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the AMD Radeon RX 470 is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

145 mm Length 240 mm
111 mm Height 95 mm
-- Width 35 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB was released in Q2/2018.

The AMD Radeon RX 470 published in Q3/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q2/2018 Release date Q3/2016
109 $ (Reference) Launch Price 179 $ (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)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
15 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
29 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
37 fps (avg)

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
17268
AMD Radeon RX 470 AMD Radeon RX 470
4 GB GDDR5
36194

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
17167
AMD Radeon RX 470 AMD Radeon RX 470
4 GB GDDR5
39194

Geekbench 6 - Metal

AMD Radeon RX 470 AMD Radeon RX 470
4 GB GDDR5
36011

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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