NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 1050 sales 25 October 2016 at a recommended price of $109 . This is a desktop graphics card based on a Pascal architecture and made with 14 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 2 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.75 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a dual-slot graphics card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 145 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 75 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop): architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	389
Place by popularity	15
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	11.35
Power efficiency	11.94	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	GP107
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	25 October 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)'s specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)'s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	640	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	of 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Boost clock speed	1392 MHz	of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	3,300 million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C
Texture fill rate	58.20	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	1.862 TFLOPS	of 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs	32	of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs	40	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm
Height	4.38" (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None
SLI	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop): its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1752 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop). As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
Multi monitor support	+
HDMI	+
HDCP	2.2
G-SYNC support	+

Supported technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop). You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream	+
GPU Boost	3.0
VR Ready	+
Ansel	+

API compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop), sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4
OpenGL	4.5	of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 1050. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1050 13.06

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 1050 5033

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 1050 8571

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 1050 32463

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 1050 6797

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 1050 40922

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 1050 17485

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 1050 349683

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

GTX 1050 15631

GeekBench 5 CUDA

GTX 1050 16976

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

GTX 1050 88

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce GTX 1050 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD	43
1440p	20
4K	21

Cost per frame, $

1080p	2.53
1440p	5.45
4K	5.19

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

20−22

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	38
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24
Battlefield 5	43
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27
Cyberpunk 2077	20−22
Far Cry 5	30−33
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40
Forza Horizon 4	85−90
Hitman 3	24−27
Horizon Zero Dawn	65−70
Metro Exodus	46
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	52
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	49
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24
Battlefield 5	35
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27
Cyberpunk 2077	20−22
Far Cry 5	33
Far Cry New Dawn	16
Forza Horizon 4	85−90
Hitman 3	24−27
Horizon Zero Dawn	65−70
Metro Exodus	37
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	15
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27
Cyberpunk 2077	20−22
Far Cry 5	23
Forza Horizon 4	34
Hitman 3	24−27
Horizon Zero Dawn	26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	31
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

35−40

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27
Far Cry New Dawn	20−22

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8
Far Cry 5	14−16
Forza Horizon 4	65−70
Hitman 3	16−18
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30
Metro Exodus	25
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10
Hitman 3	9−10
Horizon Zero Dawn	60−65
Metro Exodus	12
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	15

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3
Far Cry 5	7−8
Forza Horizon 4	16−18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	11
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14

Closest competitors

GeForce GTX 1050's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop graphics cards.

GeForce GTX 670 105.9

Radeon HD 7970 104.29

GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB 100.84

GeForce GTX 1050 100

GeForce GTX 1630 99.08

Radeon R9 270X 96.78

GeForce GTX 760 95.25

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTX 1050 is Radeon R9 270X, which is slower by 3% and lower by 5 positions in our ranking.