GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB vs GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Summary
Reasons to consider 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 1060 3 GB . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB | | GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP107 (GP107-301-A1) | vs | GP106 (GP106-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 16 nm |
| Die Size | 132 mm² | vs | 200 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,300 million | vs | 4,400 million |
| Shaders | 768 | vs | 1152 |
| Compute Units | 6 | vs | 9 |
| Core clock | 1392 MHz | vs | 1506 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | vs | 48 |
| TMUs | 48 | vs | 72 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB | | GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 96 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective | vs | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB | | GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | vs | 120 watts |
| Release Date | 21 May 2018 | vs | 18 Aug 2016 |
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
36.43 GP/s
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
72.30 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
72.86 GT/s
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
108.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
84.10 GB/s
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
192.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
2332.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
3470.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better