The Performance-Per-Watt From The GeForce GTX 650 To GTX 1050 Series, Compared To AMD RX 460/470

The raw results for BioShock Infinite at 2560 x 1600 on Linux actually had the GTX 950 being slightly faster than the GTX 1050 Ti. The AMD RX 460/470 graphics cards regardless of the open-source vs. AMDGPU-PRO drivers had the performance coming up short of the GTX 1050.

On a performance-per-dollar basis, the GeForce GTX 1050 led the group.

On a performance-per-Watt basis, we see the GTX 1050 and GTX 1050 Ti are nice improvements over the GTX 950. With the GTX 950 there was still an external 8-pin PCI-E power source needed where with the GTX 1050 series no external power connector is required. Unfortunately for AMD, the performance-per-Watt is trailing behind even the GTX 950 on Linux.

A look at Counter-Strike: Global Offensive at 1080p.

The GTX 1050 continues to offer the best performance-per-dollar.

Here the performance-per-Watt puts the GeForce GTX 1050 series even in better standing.