Radeon R9 M485X vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile

Place in the ranking	345	464
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	14.31	2.65
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code name	GP107	Amethyst
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	3 January 2017 (7 years ago)	15 May 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	768	2048
Core clock speed	1493 MHz	723 MHz
Boost clock speed	1620 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,300 million	5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	250 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	77.76	92.54
Floating-point processing power	2.488 TFLOPS	2.961 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	48	128

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7 GB/s	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	160.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

Ansel

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	6.4	6.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	+	-

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 HD	56 +86.7%	30−35 −86.7%
1440p	25 +78.6%	14−16 −78.6%
4K	17 +70%	10−12 −70%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	43 +87%	21−24 −87%
Battlefield 5	59 +103%	27−30 −103%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	47 +147%	18−20 −147%
Far Cry 5	47 +114%	21−24 −114%
Far Cry New Dawn	46 +76.9%	24−27 −76.9%
Forza Horizon 4	62 −1.6%	60−65 +1.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	33 +26.9%	24−27 −26.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	39 +25.8%	30−35 −25.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	37 +60.9%	21−24 −60.9%
Battlefield 5	49 +69%	27−30 −69%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	33 +73.7%	18−20 −73.7%
Far Cry 5	44 +100%	21−24 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	42 +61.5%	24−27 −61.5%
Forza Horizon 4	57 −10.5%	60−65 +10.5%
Metro Exodus	19 −57.9%	30−33 +57.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +61.5%	24−27 −61.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	33 +6.5%	30−35 −6.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	47 +80.8%	24−27 −80.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	23 +0%	21−24 +0%
Battlefield 5	42 +75%	24−27 −75%
Far Cry 5	40 +81.8%	21−24 −81.8%
Far Cry New Dawn	38 +81%	21−24 −81%
Forza Horizon 4	43 −46.5%	60−65 +46.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	26 +0%	24−27 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21 +75%	12−14 −75%
Metro Exodus	12 +71.4%	7−8 −71.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 +78.6%	14−16 −78.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	17 +70%	10−11 −70%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 +66.7%	9−10 −66.7%
Battlefield 5	29 +81.3%	16−18 −81.3%
Far Cry 5	26 +136%	10−12 −136%
Far Cry New Dawn	27 +68.8%	16−18 −68.8%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 +95.1%	40−45 −95.1%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4 +100%	2−3 −100%
Metro Exodus	7 +0%	7−8 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 +75%	8−9 −75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8 +100%	4−5 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	17 +143%	7−8 −143%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +80%	5−6 −80%
Battlefield 5	14−16 +66.7%	9−10 −66.7%
Far Cry 5	12 +140%	5−6 −140%
Far Cry New Dawn	13 +62.5%	8−9 −62.5%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +75%	12−14 −75%

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

14−16

+0%

14−16

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Hitman 3	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Metro Exodus	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Hitman 3	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Hitman 3	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

24−27

+0%

24−27

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Hitman 3	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

16−18

+0%

16−18

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Hitman 3	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10

+0%

9−10

+0%

This is how GTX 1050 Ti Mobile and R9 M485X compete in popular games:

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is 87% faster in 1080p
GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is 79% faster in 1440p
GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is 70% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is 147% faster.
in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the R9 M485X is 58% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is ahead in 23 tests (32%)
R9 M485X is ahead in 4 tests (6%)
there's a draw in 45 tests (63%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	15.40	9.49
Recency	3 January 2017	15 May 2016
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	250 Watt

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile has a 62.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 months, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 233.3% lower power consumption.

R9 M485X, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 M485X in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.