GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 G1 Gaming 2G
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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 G1 Gaming 2G has 640 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.56 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 1.99 TFLOPS.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G has 1280 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.80 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 4.61 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 G1 Gaming 2G is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 5 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 10 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 G1 Gaming 2G GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
GP107-300-A1 GPU Chip GP106-400-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
5 Streaming Multiprocessors 10
640 Shader 1280
32 Render Output Units 48
40 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 G1 Gaming 2G is equipped with a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.752 GHz clocks.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G has a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.002GHz.

2 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.752 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 G1 Gaming 2G has a turbo clock of 1.556 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G is 1.797 GHz.

1.417 GHz Base Clock 1.556 GHz
1.556 GHz Boost Clock 1.797 GHz
1.53 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.77 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 G1 Gaming 2G has 1 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 97 °C.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.

75 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 G1 Gaming 2G are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 G1 Gaming 2G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

3 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
3x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 G1 Gaming 2G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
No VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 G1 Gaming 2G is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

219 mm Length 223 mm
118 mm Height 121 mm
40 mm Width 39 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 14 nanometer process, GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 G1 Gaming 2G was released in Q3/2016.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G published in Q3/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

GV-N1050G1 GAMING-2GD Part-no GV-N1060WF2OC-6GD
Q3/2016 Release date Q3/2016
109 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 16 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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