Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile vs Radeon RX 550 Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 550 Mobile and GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX 550 Mobile
2017
2 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
6.96

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile outperforms RX 550 Mobile by an impressive 81% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking549390
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.47no data
Power efficiency9.64no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameLexano data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date2 July 2017 (7 years ago)April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores640768
Core clock speed1100 MHz1366 MHz
Boost clock speed1287 MHz1442 MHz
Number of transistors2,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Wattno data
Texture fill rate51.48no data
Floating-point processing power1.647 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs40no data

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
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8no data

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 amount2 GB3 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1752 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s84 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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-
Multi-Projectionno data+
Multi Monitorno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)no data
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.131+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RX 550 Mobile 6.96
Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile 12.62
+81.3%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RX 550 Mobile 3645
Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile 6401
+75.6%

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 HD16
−68.8%
27−30
+68.8%

Cost per frame, $

1080p5.00no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 10
−80%
18−20
+80%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
−66.7%
30−33
+66.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8
−75%
14−16
+75%
Battlefield 5 20−22
−75%
35−40
+75%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−71.4%
24−27
+71.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−68.8%
27−30
+68.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
−57.9%
30−33
+57.9%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−73.9%
80−85
+73.9%
Hitman 3 12
−75%
21−24
+75%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
−70.7%
70−75
+70.7%
Metro Exodus 20−22
−75%
35−40
+75%
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
−57.9%
30−33
+57.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
−73.9%
40−45
+73.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
−79.2%
95−100
+79.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
−66.7%
30−33
+66.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8
−75%
14−16
+75%
Battlefield 5 20−22
−75%
35−40
+75%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−71.4%
24−27
+71.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−68.8%
27−30
+68.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
−57.9%
30−33
+57.9%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−73.9%
80−85
+73.9%
Hitman 3 12
−75%
21−24
+75%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
−70.7%
70−75
+70.7%
Metro Exodus 20−22
−75%
35−40
+75%
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
−57.9%
30−33
+57.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24
−66.7%
40−45
+66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
−66.7%
35−40
+66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
−79.2%
95−100
+79.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
−66.7%
30−33
+66.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10
−77.8%
16−18
+77.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−71.4%
24−27
+71.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−68.8%
27−30
+68.8%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−73.9%
80−85
+73.9%
Hitman 3 14−16
−71.4%
24−27
+71.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
−70.7%
70−75
+70.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16
−68.8%
27−30
+68.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24
−66.7%
40−45
+66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4
−75%
7−8
+75%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
−57.9%
30−33
+57.9%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
−61.5%
21−24
+61.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−71.4%
12−14
+71.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−71.4%
12−14
+71.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−75%
14−16
+75%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−66.7%
40−45
+66.7%
Hitman 3 10−12
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−80%
27−30
+80%
Metro Exodus 7−8
−71.4%
12−14
+71.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−70.5%
75−80
+70.5%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−75%
21−24
+75%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%
Hitman 3 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−66.7%
35−40
+66.7%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−71.4%
12−14
+71.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−71.4%
12−14
+71.4%

This is how RX 550 Mobile and Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile compete in popular games:

  • Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile is 69% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.96 12.62
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 MB

RX 550 Mobile has a 68166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile, on the other hand, has a 81.3% higher aggregate performance score.

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 550 Mobile in performance tests.


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