GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile vs Radeon RX 540

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile and Radeon RX 540. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile and Radeon RX 540. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile and Radeon RX 540 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile and Radeon RX 540 are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile or Radeon RX 540 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile Radeon RX 540
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 3 MB 4 GB
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  • Radeon RX 540 has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon RX 540 - with Polaris.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile and Radeon RX 540 are manufactured by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 540 is 4248 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 18−20 14−16
ultra / 1080p 10−11 8−9
QHD / 1440p 4−5 3−4
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 35−40 30−33
medium / 1080p 21−24 18−20
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 20% more, than Radeon RX 540.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 3GB mobile Radeon RX 540
Architecture Pascal Polaris
Code name Polaris 12
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date April 2018 21 March 2017
Pipelines 768 512
Core clock speed 1366 MHz
Boost Clock 1442 MHz 1219 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 39.01
Floating-point performance 1,248 gflops
Memory bus width 96 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1752 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 84 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12.0
Shader Model 5.0
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan +
FreeSync +
Laptop size large
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