MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1
vs
EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (Pascal) and has 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB (Pascal) and has 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 84 GB/s.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 has the GP106-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB is based on the graphics chip GP107-301-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 GPU EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip GP107-301-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 6
1152 Shader 768
48 Render Output Units 24
72 Texture Units 48
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.752 GHz.

3 GB Memory Size 3 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.752 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 84 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 96 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.544 GHz Base Clock 1.455 GHz
1.759 GHz Boost Clock 1.569 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB has PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 75 W.

120 W TDP 75 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB supports the operation of a maximum of 3 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

275 mm Length 145 mm
137 mm Height 111 mm
41 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
689 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1 has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q3/2016.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 SC GAMING (Single Fan) 3GB came on the market in Q2/2018 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no 03G-P4-6153-KR
Q3/2016 Release date Q2/2018
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 109 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 14 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

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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