GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 960

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 25 Oct 2016
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
GeForce GTX 960
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 22 Jan 2015
GeForce GTX 960

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    128%
  • GeForce GTX 960
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

28% higher gaming performance.
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (31 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 960
GPU NameGP107 (GP107-400-A1)vsGM206 (GM206-300-A1)
Fab Process14 nmvs28 nm
Die Size132 mm²vs228 mm²
Transistors3,300 millionvs2,940 million
Shaders768vs1024
Compute Units6vs8
Core clock1290 MHzvs1127 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs48vs64

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 960
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective
vs1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 960
TDP75 wattsvs120 watts
Release Date25 Oct 2016vs22 Jan 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    41.30 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 960
    36.10 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    61.90 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 960
    72.10 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    112.10 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 960
    112.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    1981.40 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 960
    2308.10 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Alien Isolation

DX11, Max Detail, 2xMSAA 16xAF

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    62
  • GeForce GTX 960
    56

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    29
  • GeForce GTX 960
    28

FPS (higher is better)

Dishonored 2

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    31
  • GeForce GTX 960
    29

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    47
  • GeForce GTX 960
    30

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    31
  • GeForce GTX 960
    27

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    35
  • GeForce GTX 960
    27

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    43
  • GeForce GTX 960
    37

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    29
  • GeForce GTX 960
    25

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 7

Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    30
  • GeForce GTX 960
    18

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 Ti
    30
  • GeForce GTX 960
    21

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    29
  • GeForce GTX 960
    27

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    27
  • GeForce GTX 960
    30

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Warhammer

DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    31
  • GeForce GTX 960
    19

FPS (higher is better)

Watch Dogs 2

Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    21
  • GeForce GTX 960
    20

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    42
  • GeForce GTX 960
    46

FPS (higher is better)

Dishonored 2

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    34
  • GeForce GTX 960
    34

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    75
  • GeForce GTX 960
    38

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    47
  • GeForce GTX 960
    42

FPS (higher is better)

Gears of War 4

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    54
  • GeForce GTX 960
    42

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    65
  • GeForce GTX 960
    53

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    43
  • GeForce GTX 960
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 7

Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    44
  • GeForce GTX 960
    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 Ti
    41
  • GeForce GTX 960
    31

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    38
  • GeForce GTX 960
    36

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    37
  • GeForce GTX 960
    40

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Warhammer

DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    45
  • GeForce GTX 960
    25

FPS (higher is better)

Watch Dogs 2

Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    31
  • GeForce GTX 960
    30

FPS (higher is better)

Dishonored 2

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    19
  • GeForce GTX 960
    14

FPS (higher is better)

Resident Evil 7

Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    8
  • GeForce GTX 960
    5

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    11
  • GeForce GTX 960
    14

FPS (higher is better)

Watch Dogs 2

Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    10
  • GeForce GTX 960
    6

FPS (higher is better)