Quadro RTX 5000 vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

Place in the ranking	325	96
Place by popularity	5	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	13.69	14.32
Power efficiency	15.11	12.44
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GP107	TU104
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	25 October 2016 (8 years ago)	13 August 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$139	$2,299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 5000 has 5% better value for money than GTX 1050 Ti.

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	3072
Core clock speed	1291 MHz	1620 MHz
Boost clock speed	1392 MHz	1815 MHz
Number of transistors	3,300 million	13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	230 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	66.82	348.5
Floating-point processing power	2.138 TFLOPS	11.15 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	64
TMUs	48	192
Tensor Cores	no data	384
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	48

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	267 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	448.0 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
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.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	+	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. 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 Ti 16.36

RTX 5000 41.31
+153%

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 Ti 6313

RTX 5000 15940
+152%

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 Ti 20685

RTX 5000 103173
+399%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

GTX 1050 Ti 19870

RTX 5000 94104
+374%

GeekBench 5 CUDA

GTX 1050 Ti 20616

RTX 5000 96650
+369%

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	49 −145%	120−130 +145%
1440p	28 −150%	70−75 +150%
4K	26 −150%	65−70 +150%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	2.84	19.16
1440p	4.96	32.84
4K	5.35	35.37

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

24−27

−150%

65−70
+150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	48 −150%	120−130 +150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 −141%	65−70 +141%
Battlefield 5	53 −145%	130−140 +145%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 −142%	80−85 +142%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −150%	65−70 +150%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −150%	95−100 +150%
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45 −150%	110−120 +150%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 −148%	260−270 +148%
Hitman 3	30−35 −142%	75−80 +142%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 −144%	200−210 +144%
Metro Exodus	56 −150%	140−150 +150%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 −144%	110−120 +144%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80 −150%	200−210 +150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85 −144%	200−210 +144%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	64 −150%	160−170 +150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 −141%	65−70 +141%
Battlefield 5	44 −150%	110−120 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 −142%	80−85 +142%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −150%	65−70 +150%
Far Cry 5	35 −143%	85−90 +143%
Far Cry New Dawn	41 −144%	100−105 +144%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 −148%	260−270 +148%
Hitman 3	30−35 −142%	75−80 +142%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 −144%	200−210 +144%
Metro Exodus	46 −139%	110−120 +139%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 −144%	110−120 +144%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50 −140%	120−130 +140%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 −150%	95−100 +150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85 −144%	200−210 +144%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24 −150%	60−65 +150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 −141%	65−70 +141%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 −142%	80−85 +142%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −150%	65−70 +150%
Far Cry 5	27 −141%	65−70 +141%
Forza Horizon 4	45 −144%	110−120 +144%
Hitman 3	30−35 −142%	75−80 +142%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45 −144%	110−120 +144%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	43 −133%	100−105 +133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	26 −150%	65−70 +150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85 −144%	200−210 +144%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

45−50
−144%

110−120

+144%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35 −150%	80−85 +150%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −140%	60−65 +140%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −150%	40−45 +150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 −150%	35−40 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −150%	45−50 +150%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −133%	21−24 +133%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −137%	45−50 +137%
Forza Horizon 4	75 −140%	180−190 +140%
Hitman 3	18−20 −137%	45−50 +137%
Horizon Zero Dawn	32 −150%	80−85 +150%
Metro Exodus	29 −141%	70−75 +141%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30 −150%	75−80 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −150%	45−50 +150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100 −142%	240−250 +142%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

27−30

−141%

65−70
+141%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 −150%	40−45 +150%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −150%	30−33 +150%
Hitman 3	12−14 −150%	30−33 +150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 −141%	200−210 +141%
Metro Exodus	14 −150%	35−40 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −150%	40−45 +150%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −133%	21−24 +133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 −125%	18−20 +125%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −125%	18−20 +125%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −133%	21−24 +133%
Forza Horizon 4	20 −150%	50−55 +150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	17 −135%	40−45 +135%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 −129%	16−18 +129%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

−133%

35−40
+133%

This is how GTX 1050 Ti and RTX 5000 compete in popular games:

RTX 5000 is 145% faster in 1080p
RTX 5000 is 150% faster in 1440p
RTX 5000 is 150% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	16.36	41.31
Recency	25 October 2016	13 August 2018
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	230 Watt

GTX 1050 Ti has 206.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 5000, on the other hand, has a 152.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro RTX 5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is a desktop card while Quadro RTX 5000 is a workstation one.

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