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AMD Radeon RX 560 vs GeForce GTX 1050

Radeon RX 560
VS
GeForce GTX 1050
AMD Radeon RX 560
Polaris 21
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
GP107

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 560 4 GB with 1024 shaders against the 5 months older GeForce GTX 1050 2 GB that utilizes 5 pipelines and 640 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Gaming performance
  4. Benchmarks
  5. AI
  6. Specs
  7. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
4 GB GDDR5
VS
2 GB GDDR5
15.5
(Bad)
Value Index
15.3
(Bad)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of GTX 1050 over RX 560
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 560
  • 37% higher maximum theoretical performance (2.6 vs 1.9 TFLOPS)
  • Includes 2 GB more video memory
  • Has 60% more shading units (1024 vs 640)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
RX 560
vs
GTX 1050

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
32
17
13
-
21
11
10
-
The Witcher 3
15
15
-
-
15
15
11
-
Counter-Strike 2
33
21
15
-
37
21
14
-
Far Cry 6
25
20
14
-
24
24
12
-
Hogwarts Legacy
13
9
-
-
14
12
9
-
CoD: Modern Warfare III
26
21
17
9
28
21
16
11
Ghost of Tsushima
13
11
9
-
12
-
-
-
Cyberpunk 2077
12
12
-
-
11
-
-
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
21
21
14
-
23
17
11
-
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 21 21
1080p Ultra 16 15
1440p Ultra 11 11
4K Ultra - -
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
RX 560
1769
GTX 1050 +3%
1828
Time Spy 1854 1739
Fire Strike 6492 6772
Wild Life Extreme 3605 3881
Night Raid 25402 27079
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
RX 560
19139
GTX 1050 +8%
20580
Background Blur 34 img/sec 52.5 img/sec
Face Detection 17.6 img/sec 24.9 img/sec
Horizon Detection 0.69 Gpixels/sec 0.79 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 1.16 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 1.15 Gpixels/sec 1.25 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.2 Gpixels/sec 0.2 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 65.5 Gpixels/sec 65.5 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 2232.5 FPS 1832.4 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
RX 560
n/a
GTX 1050
2216

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RX 560
3684
GTX 1050 +37%
5051
G2D Mark 486 458
DirectX 11 25 FPS 38 FPS
DirectX 12 21 FPS 21 FPS
GPU Compute 1412 Ops/s 2111 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 5241 & 25947 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RX 560
137.81
GTX 1050 +23%
169.88
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 7 & 256 samples
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Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
RX 560 +23%
4551
GTX 1050
3704
GB6 ML Half Precision
RX 560 +62%
5280
GTX 1050
3258
GB6 ML Quantized
RX 560 +27%
3415
GTX 1050
2694
Image Classification (SP) 1731 1249
Image Segmentation (HP) 2205 1833
Image Super Resolution (Q) 4705 3934
Face Detection (HP) 6423 3004
Pose Estimation (Q) 19379 14474
Text Classification (SP) 1172 1249
Machine Translation (HP) 1724 1857
Object Detection (SP) 1937 1624
Depth Estimation (Q) 8173 5567
Style Transfer (SP) 36502 24188
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Radeon RX 560 and GeForce GTX 1050

General

Vendor Amd Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released April 18, 2017 October 25, 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $99 $109
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture GCN 4.0 Pascal
GPU Codename Polaris 21 GP107
Rival Equivalent - GeForce GTX 1050 -
Successor - - GeForce GTX 1650
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 8400 or above - Intel Core i5 7400 or above
Desktop GPU rating (90th and 91st place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1175 MHz 1354 MHz
Boost Clock 1275 MHz 1455 MHz
Shading Units 1024 640
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 64 40
Render Output Units (ROPs) 16 32
Compute Units (Pipelines) - 5
Tensor Cores No No
Ray-tracing Cores No No
L1 Cache 16KB per cluster 48KB per cluster
L2 Cache 1024KB shared 1024KB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 20 GPixel/s 47 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 82 GTexel/s 58 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RX 560 +37%
2.6 TFLOPS
GTX 1050
1.9 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 75 W 75 W
Manufacturing GlobalFoundries Samsung
Fabrication Process 14 nm 14 nm
Die Size 123 mm² 132 mm²
Transistor Count 3 billion 3 billion
Transistor Density 24.39 MTr/mm² 22.73 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory Size 4 GB 2 GB
Memory Clock 1750 MHz 1752 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 7000 Mbps 7000 Mbps
Bus 128-bit 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RX 560
112 GB/s
GTX 1050
112.1 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.1 3.0
CUDA - 6.1
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Further details
Notes on GTX 1050:
    - You can also find models with either 3GB or 4GB of memory.

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