In the gpu comparison between the PNY GeForce GTX 1050 2GB and the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING is 51 % faster than the PNY GeForce GTX 1050 2GB.
The PNY GeForce GTX 1050 2GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB and has 640 texture shaders and 5 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, which has 1024 shaders and 8 execution units.
Memory
Memory
PNY GeForce GTX 1050 2GB
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING
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
112 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
128 bit
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The PNY GeForce GTX 1050 2GB has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.
The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
PNY GeForce GTX 1050 2GB
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING
Base Clock
1.354 GHz
1.304 GHz
Boost Clock
1.455 GHz
1.367 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
--
1.34 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The PNY GeForce GTX 1050 2GB clocks in the base with up to 1.354 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING is 1.304 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
PNY GeForce GTX 1050 2GB
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING
TDP
71 W
120 W
Tjunction max
97 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
--
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the PNY GeForce GTX 1050 2GB is 71 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the -- connector.
The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
PNY GeForce GTX 1050 2GB
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 80 mm
2 x 85 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
--
0 dB
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The PNY GeForce GTX 1050 2GB has a total of 1 Axial fans.
The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
PNY GeForce GTX 1050 2GB
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING
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 PNY GeForce GTX 1050 2GB.
The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
PNY GeForce GTX 1050 2GB
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
Addressable LED
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The PNY GeForce GTX 1050 2GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
PNY GeForce GTX 1050 2GB
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING
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
PNY GeForce GTX 1050 2GB
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING
Length
166 mm
262 mm
Height
112 mm
127 mm
Width
39 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The PNY GeForce GTX 1050 2GB is 166 mm long, 112 mm high and 39 mm wide.
The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 XTREME GAMING is 262 mm long, 127 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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