GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 25 Oct 2016
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Aug 2016
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    150%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

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 .
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

50% higher gaming performance.
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

The GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (14 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GPU NameGP107 (GP107-400-A1)vsGP106 (GP106-300-A1)
Fab Process14 nmvs16 nm
Die Size132 mm²vs200 mm²
Transistors3,300 millionvs4,400 million
Shaders768vs1152
Compute Units6vs9
Core clock1290 MHzvs1506 MHz
ROPs32vs48
TMUs48vs72

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs192 bit
Memory Speed1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective
vs2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs3072 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
TDP75 wattsvs120 watts
Release Date25 Oct 2016vs18 Aug 2016

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    41.30 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    72.30 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    61.90 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    108.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    112.10 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    192.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    1981.40 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    3470.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Ashes Of The Singularity

DX12, High Quality, 8m samples, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    32
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    50

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    51
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    76

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    31
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    45

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    29
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    37

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    30
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    46

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    27
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    41

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Warhammer

DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    31
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    47

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    77
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    119

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    47
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    66

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    43
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    52

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    41
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    70

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest Detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    30
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    52

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    37
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    58

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Warhammer

DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    45
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    68

FPS (higher is better)