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    GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB vs GeForce GTX 960 OEM

    GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 21 May 2018
    GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    GeForce GTX 960 OEM
    Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 26 Nov 2015
    GeForce GTX 960 OEM
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    Summary

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1050 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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 960 OEM

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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

    We have no data to declare a winner at this time.

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 1050 3 GBGeForce GTX 960 OEM
    GPU NameGP107 (GP107-301-A1)vsGM204 (GTX 960 OEM)
    Fab Process14 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size132 mm²vs398 mm²
    Transistors3,300 millionvs5,200 million
    Shaders768vs1280
    Compute Units6vs10
    Core clock1392 MHzvs924 MHz
    ROPs24vs48
    TMUs48vs80

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 1050 3 GBGeForce GTX 960 OEM
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width96 bitvs192 bit
    Memory Speed1752 MHz
    7008 MHz effective    		vs1253 MHz
    5012 MHz effective
    Memory Size3072 Mbvs3072 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 1050 3 GBGeForce GTX 960 OEM
    TDP75 wattsvs0 watts
    Release Date21 May 2018vs26 Nov 2015

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
      36.43 GP/s
    • GeForce GTX 960 OEM
      44.40 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
      72.86 GT/s
    • GeForce GTX 960 OEM
      73.90 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
      84.10 GB/s
    • GeForce GTX 960 OEM
      120.00 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
      2332.00 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GTX 960 OEM
      2365.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

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