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On 20 October 2016, NVIDIA officially launched the new GeForce GTX 1050 and GeForce GTX 1050 Ti graphics cards. Built around the new NVIDIA GP107 GPU, the two new GeForce cards are designed for entry-level and eSports gaming at very attractive price points of US$99 and US$139 respectively. But just how fast are they? Find out for yourself in our GeForce GTX 1050 & GTX 1050 Ti performance comparison!
The Graphics Cards Compared
In this comparison, we will take a look at six different graphics cards launched in 2016 – 3 from AMD, and 3 from NVIDIA. We will pit the GeForce GTX 1050 against the Radeon RX 460, and the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti against the Radeon RX 470 (Review). We also included the higher-end Radeon RX 480 (Review) and GeForce GTX 1060 (Review) in this comparison.
| Specifications | Radeon RX 460 | GeForce GTX 1050 | GeForce GTX 1050 Ti | Radeon RX 470 | Radeon RX 480 | GeForce GTX 1060 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texture Units | 56 | 40 | 48 | 128 | 144 | 80 |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 48 |
| Core Speed | 1090 MHz | 1354 MHz | 1290 MHz | 926 MHz | 1120 MHz | 1506 MHz |
| Boost Speed | 1200 MHz | 1455 MHz | 1392 MHz | 1206 MHz | 1266 MHz | 1708 MHz |
| Texture Fill Rate (Max) | 67.2 GT/s | 54.2 GT/s | 61.9 GT/s | 154.4 GT/s | 182.3 GT/s | 136.6 GT/s |
| Pixel Fill Rate (Max) | 19.2 GP/s | 46.6 GP/s | 44.5 GP/s | 38.6 GP/s | 40.5 GP/s | 82.0 GP/s |
| Memory Bus Width | 128-bits | 128-bits | 128-bits | 256-bits | 256-bits | 192-bits |
| Graphics Memory | 4 GB GDDR5 | 2 GB GDDR5 | 4 GB GDDR5 | 4 GB GDDR5 | 8 GB GDDR5 | 6 GB GDDR5 |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz | 1752 MHz | 1752 MHz | 1650 MHz | 1750 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 112 GB/s | 112 GB/s | 112 GB/s | 211 GB/s | 224 GB/s | 192 GB/s |
| TDP | 75 W | 75 W | 75 W | 120 W | 150 W | 120 W |
| Current Price | US$ 99 | US$ 99 | US$ 139 | US$ 169 | US$ 239 (8 GB) | US$ 249 |
Benchmarking Notes
Our graphics benchmarking test bed has the following specifications :
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Operating System : Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit
Processor : Intel Core i7 6700K processor running at 4.0 GHz
Motherboard : ASRock Z170 Extreme4
Memory : 8 GB DDR4-2133 memory (dual-channel)
Storage : 240 GB HyperX Savage SSD
Monitor : Dell P2415Q Ultra HD Monitor
We used the GeForce driver version 375.63 for the three NVIDIA graphics cards, and the Radeon Software 16.9.2 driver for the three AMD graphics cards used in our tests.
Okay, let’s get on with the GeForce GTX 1050 & 1050 Ti performance comparison!
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