The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G MGSV has 1024 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.30 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 2.67 TFLOPS.
The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G MGSV is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 8 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 5 execution units.
Memory
Memory
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G MGSV
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Memory Size
2 GB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
1.752 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
112 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
128 bit
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The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G MGSV is equipped with a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 has a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.752GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G MGSV
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Base Clock
1.241 GHz
1.354 GHz
Boost Clock
1.304 GHz
1.455 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.25 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G MGSV has a turbo clock of 1.304 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 is 1.455 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G MGSV
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
TDP
120 W
75 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
97 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
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The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G MGSV has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 is equipped with a -- PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 97 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G MGSV
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 100 mm
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Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G MGSV are cooled with a Air cooling.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G MGSV
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Max. Displays
4
3
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
1x DP 1.4
DVI
1
1
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The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G MGSV supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G MGSV
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G MGSV supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G MGSV
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
No
VP9
No
Decode
AV1
No
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G MGSV
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Length
267 mm
145 mm
Height
139 mm
111 mm
Width
36 mm
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Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
812 g
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SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G MGSV is 36 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 is 36 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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