AMD released its RX 460 last July, which is an entry-level graphics card. NVIDIA will follow soon with its GTX 1050, expected to arrive next month. Now, it is time to compare both, based on the information available.
The AMD RX 460 uses a Baffin XT core that contains 14 Compute Units, 1,024 Shader processing units, 2,024 L2 cache, 16 ROPs, and 64 TMUs. It has a base clock speed of 1,090 MHz and a boost clock speed of 1,200 MHz, a memory speed of 1,750 MHz, and offers up to 2.2 TFLOPS of Compute power.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 is based on the GP107 graphics core, 1,048 Shader processing units, 2,048 L2 cache, 32 ROPs and 48 TMUs. It has 1,318 MHz base and 1,380 MHz boosted clock speeds, memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s, and offers up to 1.8 TFLOPS Compute power, according to the leaked specifications via WCCFTech.
Coming down to the memory, the two soon-to-be rivals, both have 128-bit GDDR5 memory interface with 112 GB/s memory bandwidth. Both cards have 2 GB and 4 GB variants. Power consumption is rated at less than 75 watts power consumption and do not need a separate power connector.
Different variations are expected to arrive, depending on the third-party manufacturer, but there will always be a Display Port 1.4 (sometimes up to 3) and a single HDMI 2.0b. The dual-link DVI-D output is optional. The RX 460 can provide up to 4096 x 2160 resolution, while the GTX 1050 can accommodate up to 7680 x 4320 display setting, added Game-Debate.
Other reports suggest that both video graphic cards are capable of playing games such as "Overwatch, "League of Legends," and "DOTA 2" at HD resolutions, provided that the machine is equipped with at least 8 GB of RAM.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 is speculated to launch late in October for $119 for the 2 GB variant and $149 for the 4 GB model. The AMD RX 460 2 GB variant starts at $99, while the 4 GB variant starts at $128.
