GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB vs RTX 2070

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking95not rated
Place by popularity99not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation33.72no data
Power efficiency16.56no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameTU106GP107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date17 October 2018 (6 years ago)1 February 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores2304768
Core clock speed1410 MHz1366 MHz
Boost clock speed1620 MHz1442 MHz
Number of transistors10,800 million3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)175 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate233.369.22
Floating-point processing power7.465 TFLOPS2.215 TFLOPS
ROPs6424
TMUs14448
Tensor Cores288no data
Ray Tracing Cores36no 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 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1752 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s84.1 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, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-CNo outputs
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

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA7.56.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 October 2018 1 February 2019
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 175 Watt 75 Watt

RTX 2070 has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 months, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2070 and GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2070 is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB is a notebook one.


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