Radeon Pro 580X vs GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile with Radeon Pro 580X, including specs and performance data.

GTX 1050 Mobile
2017
4000 MB GDDR5, 75 Watt
11.61

Pro 580X outperforms GTX 1050 Mobile by an impressive 69% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking416287
Place by popularity93not in top-100
Power efficiency10.669.00
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGP107BPolaris 20
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date3 January 2017 (8 years ago)18 March 2019 (5 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 cores6402304
Core clock speed1354 MHz1100 MHz
Boost clock speed1493 MHz1200 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt150 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate59.72172.8
Floating-point processing power1.911 TFLOPS5.53 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs40144

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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4000 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed7008 MHz1695 MHz
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s217.0 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 ConnectorsDP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDCP2.2-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

GameStream+-
GPU Boost3.0no data
Ansel+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
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:

900p73
−64.4%
120−130
+64.4%
Full HD46
−63%
75−80
+63%
1440p24
−66.7%
40−45
+66.7%
4K15
−60%
24−27
+60%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 51
−66.7%
85−90
+66.7%
Far Cry 5 39
−66.7%
65−70
+66.7%
Fortnite 132
−66.7%
220−230
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 55
−63.6%
90−95
+63.6%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 46
−63%
75−80
+63%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27
−66.7%
45−50
+66.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 44
−59.1%
70−75
+59.1%
Dota 2 126
−66.7%
210−220
+66.7%
Far Cry 5 36
−66.7%
60−65
+66.7%
Fortnite 51
−66.7%
85−90
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 52
−63.5%
85−90
+63.5%
Grand Theft Auto V 42
−66.7%
70−75
+66.7%
Metro Exodus 19
−57.9%
30−33
+57.9%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 41
−58.5%
65−70
+58.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14
−50%
21−24
+50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 39
−66.7%
65−70
+66.7%
World of Tanks 160−170
−67.7%
270−280
+67.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 37
−62.2%
60−65
+62.2%
Dota 2 115
−65.2%
190−200
+65.2%
Far Cry 5 33
−66.7%
55−60
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 37
−62.2%
60−65
+62.2%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 29
−55.2%
45−50
+55.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 22
−59.1%
35−40
+59.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 39
−66.7%
65−70
+66.7%

1440p
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
−68.8%
27−30
+68.8%
Metro Exodus 11
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−60%
16−18
+60%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 26
−53.8%
40−45
+53.8%
Far Cry 5 21
−66.7%
35−40
+66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 26
−53.8%
40−45
+53.8%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 25
−60%
40−45
+60%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 21−24
−59.1%
35−40
+59.1%
Metro Exodus 7
−42.9%
10−11
+42.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−42.9%
10−11
+42.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
−59.1%
35−40
+59.1%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 13
−61.5%
21−24
+61.5%
Dota 2 34
−61.8%
55−60
+61.8%
Far Cry 5 11
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%
Forza Horizon 4 15
−60%
24−27
+60%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12
−50%
18−20
+50%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 10
−60%
16−18
+60%

This is how GTX 1050 Mobile and Pro 580X compete in popular games:

  • Pro 580X is 64% faster in 900p
  • Pro 580X is 63% faster in 1080p
  • Pro 580X is 67% faster in 1440p
  • Pro 580X is 60% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.61 19.61
Recency 3 January 2017 18 March 2019
Maximum RAM amount 4000 MB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 150 Watt

GTX 1050 Mobile has 100% lower power consumption.

Pro 580X, on the other hand, has a 68.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 104.8% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The Radeon Pro 580X is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Pro 580X is a mobile workstation one.


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