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Graphics card overview

GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

Nvidia

GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

3072 Mb GDDR5 Released 21 May 2018 DESKTOP
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

Core configuration

GPUGP107
ArchitectureNvidia_Pascal
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs768 : 48 : 24
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance2332.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size3072 Mb
Memory Bus Width96 bit
Memory Speed1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth84.10 Gb/s

Summary

The GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB is a graphics card released by Nvidia on 21 May 2018. The graphics card houses the GP107 die, based on the Nvidia_Pascal architecture which packs 3,300 million transistors on a 14 nm, 132 mm² die.

GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB pros and cons

  • Supports PhysX
  • Supports G-Sync
  • Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
  • Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
  • Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB GeForce GTX 1050 GeForce GTX 1050 Compare
Shader units 768 640
ROPs 24 32
Graphics processor GP107 GP107
Process size 14 nm 14 nm
Memory 3072 Mb GDDR5 (1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective)
2048 Mb GDDR5 (1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective)
Memory bus width 96 bit 128 bit
Memory bandwidth 84.10 Gb/s 112.10 Gb/s
Release date 21 May 2018 25 Oct 2016

Benchmarks

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB 26
  • GeForce GTX 1050 24

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB 18
  • GeForce GTX 1050 16

FPS (higher is better)