GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB vs GTX 1050 Ti

VS

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking328not rated
Place by popularity5not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation13.71no data
Power efficiency15.09no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP107GA104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date25 October 2016 (8 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$139 $699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores7686144
Core clock speed1291 MHz1575 MHz
Boost clock speed1392 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt290 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate66.82339.8
Floating-point processing power2.138 TFLOPS21.75 TFLOPS
ROPs3296
TMUs48192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length145 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 12-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount4 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed7008 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s608.3 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 290 Watt

GTX 1050 Ti has 286.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB, on the other hand, has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


1.3 206345 votes

Rate GeForce GTX 1050 Ti on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.5 75 votes

Rate GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.