Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB vs GeForce GTX 960
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
3072 Mb GDDR5
Released 21 May 2018
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VS
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 960
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 22 Jan 2015
DESKTOP
Summary
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB100%
- GeForce GTX 960108%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
- 45 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 960 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 960
- 8% higher gaming performance.
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB | GeForce GTX 960 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP107 (GP107-301-A1) | GM206 (GM206-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 132 mm² | 228 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,300 million | 2,940 million |
| Shaders | 768 | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 6 | 8 |
| Core clock | 1392 MHz | 1127 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | 32 |
| TMUs | 48 | 64 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB | GeForce GTX 960 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 96 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB | GeForce GTX 960 |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | 120 watts |
| Release Date | 21 May 2018 | 22 Jan 2015 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB36.43 GP/s
- GeForce GTX 96036.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB72.86 GT/s
- GeForce GTX 96072.10 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB84.10 GB/s
- GeForce GTX 960112.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB2332.00 GFLOPs
- GeForce GTX 9602308.10 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Game benchmarks
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB62
- GeForce GTX 96053
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB41
- GeForce GTX 96037
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB26
- GeForce GTX 96027
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB9
- GeForce GTX 96014
FPS (higher is better)