Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile vs GTX 1060 5 GB

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB with GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile, including specs and performance data.

GTX 1060 5 GB
2017
5 GB GDDR5, 120 Watt
23.57
+86.8%

GTX 1060 5 GB outperforms Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile by an impressive 87% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking234390
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency13.60no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGP106no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date26 December 2017 (6 years ago)April 2018 (6 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 cores1280768
Core clock speed1506 MHz1366 MHz
Boost clock speed1709 MHz1442 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Wattno data
Texture fill rate136.7no data
Floating-point processing power4.375 TFLOPSno data
ROPs40no data
TMUs80no data

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 x16no data
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount5 GB3 MB
Memory bus width160 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz1752 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.2 GB/s84 GB/s

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, 3x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

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

Multi-Projectionno data+
Multi Monitorno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131+
CUDA6.1-

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 23.57 12.62
Maximum RAM amount 5 GB 3 MB
Chip lithography 16 nm 14 nm

GTX 1060 5 GB has a 86.8% higher aggregate performance score, and a 170566.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile, on the other hand, has a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile is a notebook one.


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