GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB vs GeForce GTX 960
Summary
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
100%
GeForce GTX 960
108%
Relative performance
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 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
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).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP107 (GP107-301-A1) | vs | GM206 (GM206-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 132 mm² | vs | 228 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,300 million | vs | 2,940 million |
| Shaders | 768 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 6 | vs | 8 |
| Core clock | 1392 MHz | vs | 1127 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 48 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 96 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | vs | 120 watts |
| Release Date | 21 May 2018 | vs | 22 Jan 2015 |
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
36.43 GP/s
GeForce GTX 960
36.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
72.86 GT/s
GeForce GTX 960
72.10 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
84.10 GB/s
GeForce GTX 960
112.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
2332.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 960
2308.10 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
62
GeForce GTX 960
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
41
GeForce GTX 960
37
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
26
GeForce GTX 960
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
9
GeForce GTX 960
14
FPS (higher is better)