GeForce GTX 1050 vs GTX 690

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 690 and GeForce GTX 1050, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 690
2012
4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 GDDR5, 300 Watt
14.31
+9.6%

GTX 690 outperforms GTX 1050 by a moderate 10% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking367389
Place by popularitynot in top-10015
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.4911.35
Power efficiency3.2711.94
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGK104GP107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date3 May 2012 (12 years ago)25 October 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 $109

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1050 has 662% better value for money than GTX 690.

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 cores3072640
Core clock speed915 MHz1290 MHz
Boost clock speed1019 MHz1392 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data97 °C
Texture fill rate130.458.20
Floating-point processing power3.13 TFLOPS1.862 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs12840

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).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0PCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length279 mm145 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)4.38" (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)no data300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinNone
SLI options+-
SLIno 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 amount4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR52 GB
Memory bus width512-bit (256-bit per GPU)128 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1752 MHz
Memory bandwidth384 GB/s112 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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini-Displayport 1.2DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
Multi monitor support4 displays+
HDMIYes (via dongle)+
HDCP+2.2
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support-+
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
GameStream-+
GPU Boostno data3.0
3D Vision Live+-
VR Readyno data+
Anselno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.24.5
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA++

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 690 14.31
+9.6%
GTX 1050 13.06

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 690 5515
+9.6%
GTX 1050 5034

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 690 13160
+93.6%
GTX 1050 6797

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 690 18201
+4.1%
GTX 1050 17486

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GTX 690 14979
GTX 1050 15623
+4.3%

GeekBench 5 CUDA

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 CUDA API by NVIDIA.

GTX 690 12263
GTX 1050 16976
+38.4%

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 HD45−50
+4.7%
43
−4.7%
1440p21−24
+5%
20
−5%
4K21−24
+0%
21
+0%

Cost per frame, $

1080p22.202.53
1440p47.575.45
4K47.575.19

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 38
+0%
38
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Battlefield 5 43
+0%
43
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Far Cry 5 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Hitman 3 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Metro Exodus 46
+0%
46
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 52
+0%
52
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 49
+0%
49
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Battlefield 5 35
+0%
35
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Far Cry 5 33
+0%
33
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 16
+0%
16
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Hitman 3 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Metro Exodus 37
+0%
37
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35
+0%
35
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 15
+0%
15
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Far Cry 5 23
+0%
23
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 34
+0%
34
+0%
Hitman 3 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 26
+0%
26
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 31
+0%
31
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20
+0%
20
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Hitman 3 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Metro Exodus 25
+0%
25
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18
+0%
18
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Hitman 3 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Metro Exodus 12
+0%
12
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 15
+0%
15
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 11
+0%
11
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

This is how GTX 690 and GTX 1050 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 690 is 5% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 690 is 5% faster in 1440p
  • A tie in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.31 13.06
Recency 3 May 2012 25 October 2016
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 2 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 75 Watt

GTX 690 has a 9.6% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GTX 1050, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 300% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GeForce GTX 690 and GeForce GTX 1050.


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