NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
vs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB and has 640 texture shaders and 5 execution units.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, which has 1664 shaders and 13 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GP107-300-A1 GPU Chip GM204-200-A1
Pascal Architecture Maxwell 2.0
5 Streaming Multiprocessors 13
640 Shader 1664
32 Render Output Units 56
40 Texture Units 104
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

2 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.752 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
112 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 clocks in the base with up to 1.354 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is 1.050 GHz.

1.354 GHz Base Clock 1.050 GHz
1.455 GHz Boost Clock 1.178 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 is 75 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the connector.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 has a TDP of 145 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

75 W TDP 145 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
PCIe-Power 2 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 has a total of 0 Axial fans.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
-- Fan 1 1 x 65 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 3 screens can be connected to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is 4096x2160 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 is 145 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and 40 mm wide.

145 mm Length 267 mm
111 mm Height 111 mm
-- Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 109 $ (Reference).

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 was introduced in Q3/2014 at a price of 299 $.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2016 Release date Q3/2014
109 $ (Reference) Launch Price 299 $
14 nm Structure size 28 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)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
2 GB GDDR5
14 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
2 GB GDDR5
28 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
2 GB GDDR5
35 fps (avg)

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
2 GB GDDR5
16747
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
4 GB GDDR5
26734

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
2 GB GDDR5
15389
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
4 GB GDDR5
31845

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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