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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 3 GB GDDR5 · 1.52 GHz · 75 W Speed index 2/100

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.

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.29 GHz · 150 W Speed index 5/100

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G has 2304 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.29 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 5.94 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G is 159 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GBGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G
Speed index
2/100
5/100
FP32
2.29 TFLOPS
5.94 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.52 GHz
1.29 GHz
Memory Size
3 GB GDDR5
4 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
84 GB/s
224 GB/s
TDP
75 W
150 W
Launch Price
109 $
199 $

GPU

GPUNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GBGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GBAMD Radeon RX 480
GPU ChipGP107-301-A1Polaris 10 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors636
Shader7682304
Render Output Units2432
Texture Units48144
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 6 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G is based on the Ellesmere architecture and is equipped with 36 execution units.

Memory

MemoryNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GBGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G
Memory Size3 GB4 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5
Memory Clock1.752 GHz1.750 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth84 GB/s224 GB/s
Memory Interface96 bit256 bit
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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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GBGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G
Base Clock1.392 GHz1.120 GHz
Boost Clock1.518 GHz1.290 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB has a turbo clock of 1.518 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G is 1.290 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GBGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G
TDP75 W150 W
Tjunction max97 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power--1 x 8-Pin
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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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GBGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 1--2 x 80 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GBGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G
Max. Displays34
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort1x DP 1.43x DP 1.4a
DVI11
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GBGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_112_0
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNo LED lightingAddressable LED
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_0.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GBGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8NoNo
VP9DecodeNo
AV1NoNo
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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.

Dimensions

DimensionsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GBGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G
Length145 mm232 mm
Height111 mm116 mm
Width--40 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GBGIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G
GPU InterfacePCIe 3.0 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ2/2018Q2/2016
Launch Price109 $199 $
Structure size14 nm14 nm
Part-no--GV-RX480G1 GAMING-4GD
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB was released in Q2/2018.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G published in Q2/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

Benchmark results

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)

  1. 15 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 29 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 37 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G +151.9 %

  1. 17,268
  2. 43,500

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming 4G +170.8 %

  1. 17,167
  2. 46,480

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 42,654

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