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GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GTX 1050

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
VS
GeForce GTX 1050
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
GP107
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
GP107

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB with 6 pipelines and 768 shaders against the GTX 1050 2 GB that utilizes 5 pipelines and 640 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Gaming performance
  4. Benchmarks
  5. AI
  6. Specs
  7. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
4 GB GDDR5
VS
2 GB GDDR5
14.6
(Bad)
Value Index
15.3
(Bad)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of GTX 1050 over GTX 1050 Ti
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
  • Performs better (up to 26%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Includes 2 GB more video memory

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
GTX 1050 Ti
vs
GTX 1050

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
31
16
15
9
21
11
10
-
The Witcher 3
25
22
13
-
15
15
11
-
Counter-Strike 2
47
29
22
9
37
21
14
-
Far Cry 6
33
29
18
9
24
24
12
-
Hogwarts Legacy
18
13
10
-
14
12
9
-
CoD: Modern Warfare III
28
24
17
12
28
21
16
11
Ghost of Tsushima
15
9
-
-
12
-
-
-
Cyberpunk 2077
15
13
-
-
11
-
-
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
29
26
17
-
23
17
11
-
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 27 21
1080p Ultra 20 15
1440p Ultra 14 11
4K Ultra - -
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
GTX 1050 Ti +26%
2311
GTX 1050
1828
Time Spy 2351 1739
Fire Strike 7702 6772
Wild Life Extreme 4901 3881
Night Raid 33499 27079
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
GTX 1050 Ti +3%
21180
GTX 1050
20580
Background Blur 56.6 img/sec 52.5 img/sec
Face Detection 27.4 img/sec 24.9 img/sec
Horizon Detection 0.82 Gpixels/sec 0.79 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 1.2 Gpixels/sec 1.16 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 1.27 Gpixels/sec 1.25 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.18 Gpixels/sec 0.2 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 66.3 Gpixels/sec 65.5 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 1916.5 FPS 1832.4 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
GTX 1050 Ti +26%
6367
GTX 1050
5051
G2D Mark 656 458
DirectX 11 44 FPS 38 FPS
DirectX 12 26 FPS 21 FPS
GPU Compute 2669 Ops/s 2111 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 47071 & 25947 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
GTX 1050 Ti +26%
212.92
GTX 1050
169.32
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 470 & 261 samples
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Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
GTX 1050 Ti +11%
4117
GTX 1050
3704
GB6 ML Half Precision
GTX 1050 Ti +9%
3560
GTX 1050
3258
GB6 ML Quantized
GTX 1050 Ti +14%
3084
GTX 1050
2694
Image Classification (SP) 1518 1249
Image Segmentation (HP) 2085 1833
Image Super Resolution (Q) 4847 3934
Face Detection (HP) 3275 3004
Pose Estimation (Q) 16118 14474
Text Classification (SP) 1440 1249
Machine Translation (HP) 1875 1857
Object Detection (SP) 1743 1624
Depth Estimation (Q) 6258 5567
Style Transfer (SP) 26368 24188
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and GTX 1050

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released October 25, 2016 October 25, 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $139 $109
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture Pascal Pascal
GPU Codename GP107 GP107
Rival Equivalent - Radeon RX 570 -
Successor - - GeForce GTX 1650
Recommended CPU - - Intel Core i5 7400 or above
Desktop GPU rating (89th and 92nd place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1291 MHz 1354 MHz
Boost Clock 1392 MHz 1455 MHz
Shading Units 768 640
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 48 40
Render Output Units (ROPs) 32 32
Compute Units (Pipelines) 6 5
Tensor Cores No No
Ray-tracing Cores No No
L1 Cache 48KB per cluster 48KB per cluster
L2 Cache 1024KB shared 1024KB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 45 GPixel/s 47 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 67 GTexel/s 58 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
GTX 1050 Ti +11%
2.1 TFLOPS
GTX 1050
1.9 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 75 W 75 W
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Fabrication Process 14 nm 14 nm
Die Size 132 mm² 132 mm²
Transistor Count 3 billion 3 billion
Transistor Density 22.73 MTr/mm² 22.73 MTr/mm²
Max. Temperature 97°C -

Memory

Memory Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory Size 4 GB 2 GB
Memory Clock 1752 MHz 1752 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 7000 Mbps 7000 Mbps
Bus 128-bit 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
GTX 1050 Ti
112.1 GB/s
GTX 1050
112.1 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 6.1 6.1
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Further details
Notes on GTX 1050:
    - You can also find models with either 3GB or 4GB of memory.

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