Component comparison
GeForce GTX 1050 vs RTX A500
GeForce GTX 1050 vs RTX A500 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce GTX 1050
- + Memory clock (MHz) (+5258 MHz)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+15 W)
- + Normalized score (+15.5)
B
RTX A500
- + Release year (+4)
- + VRAM (GB) (+2 GB)
- + Lithography (nm) (-6 nm)
- + CUDA cores (+1280)
- + TMUs (+16)
- + ROPs (+8)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+5.04 TFLOPS)
- + Energy efficiency (+9.2)
- + PassMark (overall) (+1490)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce GTX 1050
|
Component B
RTX A500
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2017 | 2021 (+4) |
| VRAM (GB) | 2 GB | 4 GB (+2 GB) |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 7008 MHz (+5258 MHz) | 1750 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 112 GB/s | 112 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 128 bit (+64 bit) | 64 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 75 W (+15 W) | 60 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 14 nm | 8 nm (-6 nm) |
| Transistors (M) | 3,300M | — |
| Die size (mm²) | 132 mm² | — |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | 1537 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 768 | 2,048 (+1280) |
| TMUs | 48 | 64 (+16) |
| ROPs | 24 | 32 (+8) |
| RT cores | — | 16 |
| Tensor cores | — | 64 |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 2.21 TFLOPS | 7.25 TFLOPS (+5.04 TFLOPS) |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 46.56 GPixel/s | — |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 58.20 GTexel/s | — |
| Energy efficiency | 11.0 | 20.2 (+9.2) |
| PassMark (overall) | 5,048 | 6,538 (+1490) |
| 3DMark Time Spy | — | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 6,068 | — |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 17,429 | — |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 15,766 | — |
| Normalized score | 31.3 (+15.5) | 15.8 |
Only in component B
DLSS
ReBAR
In both
CUDA
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce GTX 1050 | RTX A500 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
RTX A500 wins 9 of the comparable criteria.
The choice depends on your use case.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).