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Graphics card overview

GeForce GTX 1050

Nvidia

GeForce GTX 1050

2048 Mb GDDR5 Released 25 Oct 2016 DESKTOP
GeForce GTX 1050

Core configuration

GPUGP107
ArchitectureNvidia_Pascal
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs640 : 40 : 32
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance1733.10 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size2048 Mb
Memory Bus Width128 bit
Memory Speed1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth112.10 Gb/s

Summary

The GeForce GTX 1050 is a graphics card released by Nvidia on 25 Oct 2016. 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 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  • Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 GeForce GTX 1050 GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Compare
Shader units 640 768
ROPs 32 24
Graphics processor GP107 GP107
Process size 14 nm 14 nm
Memory 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective)
3072 Mb GDDR5 (1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective)
Memory bus width 128 bit 96 bit
Memory bandwidth 112.10 Gb/s 84.10 Gb/s
Release date 25 Oct 2016 21 May 2018

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)