NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB
vs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB has 768 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.52 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 2.29 TFLOPS.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 has 2560 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.73 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 8.87 TFLOPS.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 6 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 20 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GP107-301-A1 GPU Chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
6 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
768 Shader 2560
24 Render Output Units 64
48 Texture Units 160
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is equipped with a 3 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.752 GHz clocks.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 has a 8 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.251GHz.

3 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5X
1.752 GHz Memory Clock 1.251 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 10.0 Gbps
84 GB/s Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s
96 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB has a turbo clock of 1.518 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is 1.733 GHz.

1.392 GHz Base Clock 1.607 GHz
1.518 GHz Boost Clock 1.733 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB has connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 97 °C.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.

75 W TDP 180 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
-- Fan 1 1 x 70 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 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 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

145 mm Length 267 mm
111 mm Height 111 mm
-- Width 38 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, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB was released in Q2/2018.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 published in Q2/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q2/2018 Release date Q2/2016
109 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $ (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)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
1589

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 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
15 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
29 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
37 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
106 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

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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