Price now 378$
Games supported 71%
Price now 212$
Games supported 83%
General info
Comparison of graphics card architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters.
Place in performance rating | 357 | 237 |
Place by popularity | 48 | 1 |
Value for money | 4.90 | 17.85 |
Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | Pascal (2016−2021) |
GPU code name | Polaris 21 | N17P-G1 |
Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
Release date | 18 April 2017 (5 years ago) | 25 October 2016 (5 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $99 | $139 |
Current price | $378 (3.8x MSRP) | $212 (1.5x MSRP) |
Value for money
To get the index we compare the characteristics of video cards and their relative prices.
Technical specs
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1024 | 768 |
CUDA cores | no data | 768 |
Core clock speed | 1175 MHz | 1290 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 1275 MHz | 1392 MHz |
Number of transistors | 3,000 million | 3,300 million |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 16 nm |
Thermal design power (TDP) | 75 Watt | 75 Watt |
Maximum GPU temperature | no data | 97 °C |
Texture fill rate | 81.60 | 66.82 |
Floating-point performance | 2,611 gflops | 2,138 gflops |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Length | 170 mm | 145 mm |
Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz | 7 GB/s |
Memory bandwidth | 112.0 GB/s | 112 GB/s |
Shared memory | no data | - |
Video outputs and ports
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 | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
HDMI | + | + |
G-SYNC support | no data | + |
Technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
VR Ready | no data | + |
Ansel | no data | + |
API support
APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.
DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (12_1) |
Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.4 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.2 |
Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.131 |
CUDA | no data | + |
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. 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.
- Passmark
- GeekBench 5 OpenCL
- GeekBench 5 Vulkan
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Benchmark coverage: 26%
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.
Benchmark coverage: 9%
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.
Benchmark coverage: 5%
Mining hashrates
Cryptocurrency mining performance of Radeon RX 560 and GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. Usually measured in megahashes per second.
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) | no data | 326 Mh/s |
Decred / DCR (Decred) | no data | 1.01 Gh/s |
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) | no data | 12.62 Mh/s |
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) | no data | 0.3 kh/s |
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) | no data | 156.48 Sol/s |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
Full HD | 35 | 51 |
1440p | no data | 31 |
4K | no data | 25 |
Popular games
Advantages and disadvantages
Performance rating | 12.18 | 21.31 |
Novelty | 18 April 2017 | 25 October 2016 |
Cost | $99 | $139 |
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1024 | 768 |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 16 nm |
Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, Technical City recommends
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
since it shows better performance.
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Competitors of Radeon RX 560 by NVIDIA
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon RX 560 from NVIDIA is T400 4 GB, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our rating.
Here are some closest NVIDIA rivals to Radeon RX 560:
Competitors of GeForce GTX 1050 Ti by AMD
We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce GTX 1050 Ti from AMD is Radeon R9 380, which is slower by 1% and lower by 1 position in our rating.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce GTX 1050 Ti:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 100
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