GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile vs Radeon RX 5500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 5500 with GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

RX 5500
2019
4 GB GDDR6, 110 Watt
22.80
+95.9%

RX 5500 outperforms GTX 1050 Mobile by an impressive 96% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking248412
Place by popularitynot in top-10098
Power efficiency14.2110.64
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameNavi 14GP107B
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date7 October 2019 (5 years ago)3 January 2017 (7 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 cores1408640
Core clock speedno data1354 MHz
Boost clock speed1845 MHz1493 MHz
Number of transistors6,400 million3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data97 °C
Texture fill rate162.459.72
Floating-point processing power5.196 TFLOPS1.911 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs8840

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 sizeno datalarge
Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length180 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4000 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz7008 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s112 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortDP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI+-
HDCP-2.2
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

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

GameStream-+
GPU Boostno data3.0
Ansel-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12.0 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-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:

900p140−150
+91.8%
73
−91.8%
Full HD90−95
+95.7%
46
−95.7%
1440p45−50
+87.5%
24
−87.5%
4K27−30
+80%
15
−80%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 37
+0%
37
+0%
Battlefield 5 51
+0%
51
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40
+0%
40
+0%
Far Cry 5 39
+0%
39
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 38
+0%
38
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 55
+0%
55
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27
+0%
27
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 33
+0%
33
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30
+0%
30
+0%
Battlefield 5 44
+0%
44
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 33
+0%
33
+0%
Far Cry 5 36
+0%
36
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 37
+0%
37
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 52
+0%
52
+0%
Metro Exodus 19
+0%
19
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14
+0%
14
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 29
+0%
29
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 39
+0%
39
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18
+0%
18
+0%
Battlefield 5 37
+0%
37
+0%
Far Cry 5 33
+0%
33
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 33
+0%
33
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 37
+0%
37
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 22
+0%
22
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18
+0%
18
+0%
Metro Exodus 11
+0%
11
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 17
+0%
17
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 13
+0%
13
+0%
Battlefield 5 26
+0%
26
+0%
Far Cry 5 21
+0%
21
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 24
+0%
24
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 26
+0%
26
+0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10
+0%
10
+0%
Metro Exodus 7
+0%
7
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8
+0%
8
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7
+0%
7
+0%
Battlefield 5 13
+0%
13
+0%
Far Cry 5 11
+0%
11
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 11
+0%
11
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 15
+0%
15
+0%

This is how RX 5500 and GTX 1050 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RX 5500 is 92% faster in 900p
  • RX 5500 is 96% faster in 1080p
  • RX 5500 is 88% faster in 1440p
  • RX 5500 is 80% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 43 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 22.80 11.64
Recency 7 October 2019 3 January 2017
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4000 MB
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 75 Watt

RX 5500 has a 95.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 2.4% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

GTX 1050 Mobile, on the other hand, has 46.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 5500 is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile is a notebook one.


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