Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Radeon R5 230 outperforms the more expensive GeForce GTX 1050 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Radeon R5 230 is 936 days older than the more expensive GeForce GTX 1050.
Advantages of AMD Radeon R5 230
- Performs up to 31% better in Valorant than GeForce GTX 1050 - 693 vs 528 FPS
- Up to 65% cheaper than GeForce GTX 1050 - €70.13 vs €201.12
- Up to 74% better value when playing Valorant than GeForce GTX 1050 - €0.1 vs €0.38 per FPS
- Consumes up to 75% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 - 19 vs 75 Watts
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R5 230 - 2 vs 1 GB
Valorant
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Desktop • Apr 3rd, 2014
FPS
693
100%
Value, €/FPS
€0.1/FPS
100%
Price, €
€70.13
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for €70.13 on Amazon
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Updated 61 minutes ago
Buy for €201.12 on Amazon
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Updated 60 minutes ago
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Desktop • Apr 3rd, 2014
Desktop • Oct 25th, 2016
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Oct 25th, 2016
Pixel Fillrate
46.56 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
58.2 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon R5 230 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 |
---|---|---|
Apr 3rd, 2014 | Release Date | Oct 25th, 2016 |
Volcanic Islands | Generation | GeForce 10 |
Not Available | MSRP | $109 |
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
None | Power Connectors | None |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
1 GB | Memory | 2 GB |
DDR3 | Type | GDDR5 |
64-bit | Bus | 128-bit |
10.67 GB/s | Bandwidth | 112.1 GB/s |
625 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1354 MHz |
Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1455 MHz |
667 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1752 MHz |