GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile vs RTX 2080

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 2080 with GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

RTX 2080
2018
8 GB GDDR6, 215 Watt
48.74
+319%

RTX 2080 outperforms GTX 1050 Mobile by a whopping 319% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking67412
Place by popularitynot in top-10098
Cost-effectiveness evaluation27.29no data
Power efficiency15.5410.64
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameTU104GP107B
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date20 September 2018 (6 years ago)3 January 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 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 cores2944640
Core clock speed1515 MHz1354 MHz
Boost clock speed1710 MHz1493 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 million3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)215 Watt75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data97 °C
Texture fill rate314.659.72
Floating-point processing power10.07 TFLOPS1.911 TFLOPS
ROPs6416
TMUs18440
Tensor Cores368no data
Ray Tracing Cores46no 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 sizeno datalarge
Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 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 GB4000 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz7008 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-CDP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI+-
HDCP-2.2
G-SYNC support++

Supported technologies

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

GameStream-+
GPU Boostno data3.0
VR Ready+no data
Anselno 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
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA7.5+

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 2080 48.74
+319%
GTX 1050 Mobile 11.64

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 2080 40278
+424%
GTX 1050 Mobile 7693

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RTX 2080 66631
+151%
GTX 1050 Mobile 26560

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 2080 17810
+194%
GTX 1050 Mobile 6068

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 2080 143576
+277%
GTX 1050 Mobile 38042

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 2080 436117
+51.8%
GTX 1050 Mobile 287287

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:

900p300−350
+311%
73
−311%
Full HD143
+211%
46
−211%
1440p103
+329%
24
−329%
4K69
+360%
15
−360%

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.89no data
1440p6.79no data
4K10.13no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+324%
21−24
−324%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 105
+184%
37
−184%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 98
+367%
21−24
−367%
Battlefield 5 194
+280%
51
−280%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 132
+230%
40
−230%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+324%
21−24
−324%
Far Cry 5 127
+226%
39
−226%
Far Cry New Dawn 165
+334%
38
−334%
Forza Horizon 4 262
+376%
55
−376%
Hitman 3 135
+350%
30−33
−350%
Horizon Zero Dawn 263
+338%
60−65
−338%
Metro Exodus 144
+380%
30−33
−380%
Red Dead Redemption 2 109
+304%
27
−304%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 215
+552%
33
−552%
Watch Dogs: Legion 253
+322%
60−65
−322%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 153
+410%
30
−410%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 83
+361%
18−20
−361%
Battlefield 5 182
+314%
44
−314%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 117
+255%
33
−255%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+324%
21−24
−324%
Far Cry 5 102
+183%
36
−183%
Far Cry New Dawn 126
+241%
37
−241%
Forza Horizon 4 243
+367%
52
−367%
Hitman 3 131
+337%
30−33
−337%
Horizon Zero Dawn 254
+323%
60−65
−323%
Metro Exodus 144
+658%
19
−658%
Red Dead Redemption 2 117
+736%
14
−736%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 180−190
+545%
29
−545%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 100−110
+159%
39
−159%
Watch Dogs: Legion 243
+342%
55−60
−342%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 68
+278%
18
−278%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 73
+356%
16−18
−356%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 90
+329%
21−24
−329%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+324%
21−24
−324%
Far Cry 5 81
+145%
33
−145%
Forza Horizon 4 132
+257%
37
−257%
Hitman 3 115
+326%
27−30
−326%
Horizon Zero Dawn 169
+323%
40−45
−323%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 180−190
+368%
40−45
−368%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 106
+382%
22
−382%
Watch Dogs: Legion 79
+339%
18−20
−339%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 99
+371%
21−24
−371%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 123
+356%
27−30
−356%
Far Cry New Dawn 88
+319%
21−24
−319%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 58
+346%
13
−346%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60
+329%
14−16
−329%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 69
+331%
16−18
−331%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+330%
10−11
−330%
Far Cry 5 70
+233%
21
−233%
Forza Horizon 4 212
+715%
26
−715%
Hitman 3 80
+344%
18−20
−344%
Horizon Zero Dawn 129
+330%
30−33
−330%
Metro Exodus 89
+324%
21−24
−324%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 120−130
+359%
27−30
−359%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75−80
+328%
18−20
−328%
Watch Dogs: Legion 239
+335%
55−60
−335%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 95
+352%
21−24
−352%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 66
+371%
14−16
−371%
Far Cry New Dawn 50
+400%
10−11
−400%
Hitman 3 48
+380%
10−11
−380%
Horizon Zero Dawn 117
+333%
27−30
−333%
Metro Exodus 82
+1071%
7
−1071%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 76
+660%
10−11
−660%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 41
+486%
7
−486%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 38
+322%
9−10
−322%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 38
+322%
9−10
−322%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+375%
4−5
−375%
Far Cry 5 39
+255%
11
−255%
Forza Horizon 4 81
+440%
15
−440%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 70−75
+338%
16−18
−338%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35
+338%
8−9
−338%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 59
+321%
14−16
−321%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 37
+0%
37
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 33
+0%
33
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18
+0%
18
+0%
Metro Exodus 11
+0%
11
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 17
+0%
17
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 26
+0%
26
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 24
+0%
24
+0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10
+0%
10
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8
+0%
8
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 13
+0%
13
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 11
+0%
11
+0%

This is how RTX 2080 and GTX 1050 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2080 is 311% faster in 900p
  • RTX 2080 is 211% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2080 is 329% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2080 is 360% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Metro Exodus, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 2080 is 1071% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 2080 is ahead in 30 tests (70%)
  • there's a draw in 13 tests (30%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 48.74 11.64
Recency 20 September 2018 3 January 2017
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4000 MB
Chip lithography 12 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 215 Watt 75 Watt

RTX 2080 has a 318.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 104.8% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

GTX 1050 Mobile, on the other hand, has 186.7% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 2080 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2080 is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile is a notebook one.


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