nvidia

Brand

2GB GDDR5

Memory

640

Cores

112.1 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

$109 Oct 2016 View Details

nvidia

Brand

6GB GDDR5

Memory

1280

Cores

192.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

$299 Jul 2016 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

2GB GDDR5 75W $109 Oct 2016

GeForce GTX 1050

$109 • Oct 2016

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

$299 • Jul 2016

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

6GB GDDR5 120W $299 Jul 2016

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Memory Size	2 GB	6 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR5
TDP	75 W	120 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1455 MHz	1709 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	112.1 GB/s	192.2 GB/s
Process Size	14nm	16nm
Architecture	Pascal	Pascal
Shading Units	640	1280
RT Cores	N/A	N/A
TMUs	40	80
ROPs	32	48
Memory Bus	128-bit	192-bit
Memory Clock	1752 MHz	2002 MHz
Pixel Rate	46.56 GPixel/s	82.03 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	112.1 GTexel/s	192.2 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	1.862 GFLOPS	4.375 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	1.00 MB	1.50 MB
Die Size	132 mm²	200 mm²
Transistors	3300 Million	4400 Million
Required PSU	250 W	300 W
Power Connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX	12.1	12.1
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	Samsung	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

1831

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

4085 (+123%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

20580

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

39230 (+91%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

30 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

54.6 FPS (+82%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

5025

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

10080 (+101%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Game Benchmarks Comparison (9 benchmarks)

PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2019

7 2018 • Sports • Konami Digital Entertainment

1080p

| high

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+88%)

AVG 122 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

GeForce GTX 1050

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+92%)

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

GeForce GTX 1050

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+90%)

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

GeForce GTX 1050

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

Winner

Loser

Darksiders III

8.7 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Gunfire Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+92%)

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

GeForce GTX 1050

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+104%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

GeForce GTX 1050

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+109%)

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

GeForce GTX 1050

AVG 11 FPS

MIN 7 FPS

Winner

Loser

Call of Cthulhu

8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG • Cyanide Studio

1080p

| high

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+115%)

AVG 127 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

GeForce GTX 1050

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+123%)

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

GeForce GTX 1050

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+120%)

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

GeForce GTX 1050

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Winner

Loser

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Wins!

Based on 9 benchmarks across 3 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1050

+102.5%

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB