Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile vs RTX 2060 Mobile

Place in the ranking	185	395
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	18.13	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	TU106	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	29 January 2019 (5 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 cores	1920	768
Core clock speed	960 MHz	1366 MHz
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1442 MHz
Number of transistors	10,800 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	144.0	no data
Floating-point processing power	4.608 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	48	no data
TMUs	120	no data
Tensor Cores	240	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	30	no 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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no 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 type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	3 MB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1752 MHz
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	84 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	no data
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
Multi-Projection	no data	+
Multi Monitor	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	no data
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	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.

RTX 2060 Mobile 30.41
+141%

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile 12.63

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.

RTX 2060 Mobile 16331
+155%

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile 6401

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	104 +160%	40−45 −160%
1440p	67 +148%	27−30 −148%
4K	38 +171%	14−16 −171%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

45−50
+172%

18−20

−172%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	91 +160%	35−40 −160%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	71 +163%	27−30 −163%
Battlefield 5	119 +164%	45−50 −164%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	88 +151%	35−40 −151%
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50 +172%	18−20 −172%
Far Cry 5	105 +163%	40−45 −163%
Far Cry New Dawn	110 +144%	45−50 −144%
Forza Horizon 4	366 +144%	150−160 −144%
Hitman 3	83 +177%	30−33 −177%
Horizon Zero Dawn	223 +148%	90−95 −148%
Metro Exodus	130 +160%	50−55 −160%
Red Dead Redemption 2	100 +150%	40−45 −150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	148 +147%	60−65 −147%
Watch Dogs: Legion	227 +152%	90−95 −152%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	107 +168%	40−45 −168%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	56 +167%	21−24 −167%
Battlefield 5	105 +163%	40−45 −163%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	79 +163%	30−33 −163%
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50 +172%	18−20 −172%
Far Cry 5	85 +143%	35−40 −143%
Far Cry New Dawn	82 +173%	30−33 −173%
Forza Horizon 4	280 +155%	110−120 −155%
Hitman 3	75 +150%	30−33 −150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	196 +145%	80−85 −145%
Metro Exodus	112 +149%	45−50 −149%
Red Dead Redemption 2	75 +150%	30−33 −150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	123 +146%	50−55 −146%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	60−65 +158%	24−27 −158%
Watch Dogs: Legion	190 +153%	75−80 −153%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50 +178%	18−20 −178%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	48 +167%	18−20 −167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	58 +142%	24−27 −142%
Cyberpunk 2077	45−50 +172%	18−20 −172%
Far Cry 5	62 +158%	24−27 −158%
Forza Horizon 4	88 +151%	35−40 −151%
Hitman 3	66 +144%	27−30 −144%
Horizon Zero Dawn	94 +169%	35−40 −169%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	107 +168%	40−45 −168%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	60 +150%	24−27 −150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	38 +171%	14−16 −171%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

79
+163%

30−33

−163%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	65 +171%	24−27 −171%
Far Cry New Dawn	54 +157%	21−24 −157%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40 +150%	16−18 −150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	38 +171%	14−16 −171%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	42 +163%	16−18 −163%
Cyberpunk 2077	20−22 +150%	8−9 −150%
Far Cry 5	42 +163%	16−18 −163%
Forza Horizon 4	246 +146%	100−105 −146%
Hitman 3	46 +156%	18−20 −156%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70 +159%	27−30 −159%
Metro Exodus	55−60 +167%	21−24 −167%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 +148%	27−30 −148%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 +171%	14−16 −171%
Watch Dogs: Legion	210 +147%	85−90 −147%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

62
+158%

24−27

−158%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	32 +167%	12−14 −167%
Far Cry New Dawn	30 +150%	12−14 −150%
Hitman 3	28 +180%	10−11 −180%
Horizon Zero Dawn	86 +146%	35−40 −146%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +150%	14−16 −150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	39 +144%	16−18 −144%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	25 +150%	10−11 −150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	22 +144%	9−10 −144%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20 +150%	8−9 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Far Cry 5	21 +163%	8−9 −163%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +150%	16−18 −150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +171%	14−16 −171%
Watch Dogs: Legion	15 +150%	6−7 −150%