GeForce GTX 1050 mobile vs Radeon RX 540

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and Radeon RX 540, 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 mobile stacks up against Radeon RX 540, check out specs charts below.

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

Note: GeForce GTX 1050 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 mobile or Radeon RX 540 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 mobile Radeon RX 540
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 65 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile has 15% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 540.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and Radeon RX 540 have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon RX 540 - with Polaris.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and Radeon RX 540 are manufactured by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is 1008 MHz higher, than Radeon RX 540.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 14−16
ultra / 1080p 14−16 8−9
QHD / 1440p 8−9 3−4
4K / 2160p 6−7
low / 720p 40−45 30−33
medium / 1080p 27−30 18−20
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 53% more, than Radeon RX 540.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 mobile Radeon RX 540
Architecture Pascal Polaris
Code name GP107B Polaris 12
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 3 January 2017 21 March 2017
Pipelines 640 512
Core clock speed 1354 MHz
Boost Clock 1493 MHz 1219 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 59.72 39.01
Floating-point performance 1,248 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12.0
Shader Model 6.4 5.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA +
FreeSync +
CUDA cores 640
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Multi monitor support +
HDCP 2.2
Laptop size large large
GameStream +
GPU Boost 3.0
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