NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

nvidia

Brand

2GB GDDR5

Memory

640

Cores

112.1 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce GTX 1050

N/A Oct 2016 View Details

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nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR5X

Memory

2560

Cores

320.3 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce GTX 1080

N/A May 2016 View Details

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

2GB GDDR5 75W N/A Oct 2016

GeForce GTX 1050

$109 • Oct 2016

GeForce GTX 1080

$599 • May 2016

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

8GB GDDR5X 180W N/A May 2016

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Memory Size	2 GB	8 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR5X
TDP	75 W	180 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1455 MHz	1733 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	112.1 GB/s	320.3 GB/s
Process Size	14nm	16nm
Architecture	Pascal	Pascal
Shading Units	640	2560
RT Cores	N/A	N/A
TMUs	40	160
ROPs	32	64
Memory Bus	128-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	1752 MHz	1251 MHz
Pixel Rate	46.56 GPixel/s	110.9 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	112.1 GTexel/s	320.3 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	1.862 GFLOPS	8.873 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	1.00 MB	2.00 MB
Die Size	132 mm²	314 mm²
Transistors	3300 Million	7200 Million
Required PSU	250 W	450 W
Power Connectors	None	1x 8-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

7282 (+298%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

20580

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

63994 (+211%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

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

89.1 FPS (+197%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

5025

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

15572 (+210%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (9 benchmarks)

PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2019

7 2018 • Sports • Konami Digital Entertainment

1080p

| high

GeForce GTX 1080 (+214%)

AVG 204 FPS

MIN 181 FPS

GeForce GTX 1050

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 1080 (+221%)

AVG 125 FPS

MIN 112 FPS

GeForce GTX 1050

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce GTX 1080 (+219%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 59 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 1080 (+219%)

AVG 115 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

GeForce GTX 1050

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+238%)

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

GeForce GTX 1050

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+245%)

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 27 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 1080 (+171%)

AVG 160 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

GeForce GTX 1050

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 1080 (+270%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

GeForce GTX 1050

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce GTX 1080 (+270%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

GeForce GTX 1050

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Winner

Loser

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Wins!

Based on 9 benchmarks across 3 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1050

+221.3%

112

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1080