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.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is 111 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050.
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.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Memory Size
2 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.752 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
256 bit
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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.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Base Clock
1.354 GHz
1.050 GHz
Boost Clock
1.455 GHz
1.178 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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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.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
TDP
75 W
145 W
Tjunction max
97 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
--
2 x 6-Pin
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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.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
--
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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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.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Max. Displays
3
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.2
DVI
1
1
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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.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
No
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Length
145 mm
267 mm
Height
111 mm
111 mm
Width
--
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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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.
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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