GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs Radeon RX 480 mobile

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and Radeon RX 480 mobile, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti stacks up against Radeon RX 480 mobile, check out specs charts below.

Radeon RX 480 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 480 mobile is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 Radeon RX 480 mobile here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Radeon RX 480 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Radeon RX 480 mobile has 33% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 1050 Ti.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 480 mobile uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Radeon RX 480 mobile has 4 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 1050 Ti.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - with Polaris.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 480 mobile is 992 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 1050 Ti.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 12−14
ultra / 1080p 21−24 7−8
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 27−30
medium / 1080p 40−45 14−16
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1050 Ti in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 156% more, than Radeon RX 480 mobile.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Radeon RX 480 mobile
Architecture Pascal Polaris
Code name N17P-G1 Polaris
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 25 October 2016 1 August 2016
Pipelines 768 2304
Core clock speed 1291 MHz
Boost Clock 1392 MHz 1077 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million 5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 66.82 155.1
Floating-point performance 2,138 gflops 4,963 gflops
Length 145 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 256.0 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
VR Ready +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.4 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
CUDA +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.3 kh/s
CUDA cores 768
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 326 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Decred / DCR (Decred) 1.01 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 12.62 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 156.48 Sol/s
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