RTX A2000 12 GB vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile

Place in the ranking	345	141
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	87.87
Power efficiency	14.31	35.37
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GP107	GA106
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	3 January 2017 (7 years ago)	23 November 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores	768	3328
Core clock speed	1493 MHz	562 MHz
Boost clock speed	1620 MHz	1200 MHz
Number of transistors	3,300 million	12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	70 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	77.76	124.8
Floating-point processing power	2.488 TFLOPS	7.987 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	48
TMUs	48	104
Tensor Cores	no data	104
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	26

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	167 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	7 GB/s	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors	No outputs	4x mini-DisplayPort
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Ansel

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	+	8.6

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD	56 −114%	120−130 +114%
1440p	25 −120%	55−60 +120%
4K	17 −106%	35−40 +106%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	3.74
1440p	no data	8.16
4K	no data	12.83

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	43 −121%	95−100 +121%
Battlefield 5	59 −120%	130−140 +120%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	47 −113%	100−105 +113%
Far Cry 5	47 −113%	100−105 +113%
Far Cry New Dawn	46 −117%	100−105 +117%
Forza Horizon 4	62 −126%	140−150 +126%
Red Dead Redemption 2	33 −127%	75−80 +127%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	39 −118%	85−90 +118%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	37 −130%	85−90 +130%
Battlefield 5	49 −124%	110−120 +124%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	33 −127%	75−80 +127%
Far Cry 5	44 −127%	100−105 +127%
Far Cry New Dawn	42 −126%	95−100 +126%
Forza Horizon 4	57 −128%	130−140 +128%
Metro Exodus	19 −111%	40−45 +111%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 −126%	95−100 +126%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	33 −127%	75−80 +127%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	47 −113%	100−105 +113%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	23 −117%	50−55 +117%
Battlefield 5	42 −126%	95−100 +126%
Far Cry 5	40 −125%	90−95 +125%
Far Cry New Dawn	38 −124%	85−90 +124%
Forza Horizon 4	43 −121%	95−100 +121%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	26 −112%	55−60 +112%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21 −114%	45−50 +114%
Metro Exodus	12 −125%	27−30 +125%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −120%	55−60 +120%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	17 −106%	35−40 +106%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 −100%	30−33 +100%
Battlefield 5	29 −124%	65−70 +124%
Far Cry 5	26 −112%	55−60 +112%
Far Cry New Dawn	27 −122%	60−65 +122%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 −125%	180−190 +125%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4 −125%	9−10 +125%
Metro Exodus	7 −129%	16−18 +129%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −114%	30−33 +114%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8 −125%	18−20 +125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	17 −106%	35−40 +106%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −100%	18−20 +100%
Battlefield 5	14−16 −100%	30−33 +100%
Far Cry 5	12 −125%	27−30 +125%
Far Cry New Dawn	13 −108%	27−30 +108%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −114%	45−50 +114%

This is how GTX 1050 Ti Mobile and RTX A2000 12 GB compete in popular games:

RTX A2000 12 GB is 114% faster in 1080p
RTX A2000 12 GB is 120% faster in 1440p
RTX A2000 12 GB is 106% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	15.40	35.52
Recency	3 January 2017	23 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	70 Watt

RTX A2000 12 GB has a 130.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 7.1% lower power consumption.

The RTX A2000 12 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is a notebook card while RTX A2000 12 GB is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.