GeForce 7050 + nForce 630a vs GTX 1050 3 GB

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking381not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency12.22no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameGP107C68
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date21 May 2018 (6 years ago)1 February 2006 (18 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores768no data
Core clock speed1392 MHz425 MHz
Boost clock speed1518 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,300 million112 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Texture fill rate72.860.85
Floating-point processing power2.332 TFLOPSno data
ROPs241
TMUs482

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCI
Length145 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount3 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width96 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1752 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth84.1 GB/sno data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model6.43.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 May 2018 1 February 2006
Chip lithography 14 nm 90 nm

GTX 1050 3 GB has an age advantage of 12 years, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

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