GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 950

GeForce GTX 1050
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 25 Oct 2016
GeForce GTX 1050
GeForce GTX 950
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 20 Aug 2015
GeForce GTX 950

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    119%
  • GeForce GTX 950
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1050

19% higher gaming performance.
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 950

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 1050

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1050

The GeForce GTX 1050 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (21 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1050GeForce GTX 950
GPU NameGP107 (GP107-300-A1)vsGM206 (GM206-250-A1)
Fab Process14 nmvs28 nm
Die Size132 mm²vs228 mm²
Transistors3,300 millionvs2,940 million
Shaders640vs768
Compute Units5vs6
Core clock1354 MHzvs1024 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs40vs48

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1050GeForce GTX 950
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective
vs1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1050GeForce GTX 950
TDP75 wattsvs90 watts
Release Date25 Oct 2016vs20 Aug 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    43.30 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 950
    32.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    54.20 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 950
    49.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    112.10 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 950
    105.80 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    1733.10 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 950
    1572.90 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Alien Isolation

DX11, Max Detail, 2xMSAA 16xAF

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    55
  • GeForce GTX 950
    44

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    26
  • GeForce GTX 950
    23

FPS (higher is better)

Ashes Of The Singularity

High Quality Mode, 8 millon samples, 2xMSAA, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    25
  • GeForce GTX 950
    14

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    31
  • GeForce GTX 950
    22

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    28
  • GeForce GTX 950
    24

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    39
  • GeForce GTX 950
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    18
  • GeForce GTX 950
    16

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    20
  • GeForce GTX 950
    19

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    25
  • GeForce GTX 950
    20

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    23
  • GeForce GTX 950
    24

FPS (higher is better)

Watch Dogs 2

Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    19
  • GeForce GTX 950
    17

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    40
  • GeForce GTX 950
    37

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    37
  • GeForce GTX 950
    30

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    44
  • GeForce GTX 950
    37

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    58
  • GeForce GTX 950
    45

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    24
  • GeForce GTX 950
    22

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    31
  • GeForce GTX 950
    28

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    33
  • GeForce GTX 950
    27

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    33
  • GeForce GTX 950
    35

FPS (higher is better)

Watch Dogs 2

Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    28
  • GeForce GTX 950
    24

FPS (higher is better)

Watch Dogs 2

Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050
    5
  • GeForce GTX 950
    4

FPS (higher is better)