NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti: specs and benchmarks

Price now 235$

Games supported 82%

Year of release 2016

Performance 16.01

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Summary

NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 1050 Ti sales 25 October 2016 at a recommended price of $139. This is a desktop graphics card based on a Pascal architecture and made with 16 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 4 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 7.01 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 145 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 75 Watt.

It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at

16.01%

of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

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General info

Some basic facts about GeForce GTX 1050 Ti: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	263
Place by popularity	3
Value for money	9.25
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	N17P-G1
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	25 October 2016 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$139
Current price	$235 (1.7x MSRP)	of 158889 (A100 PCIe)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 1050 Ti's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	768	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
CUDA cores	768
Core clock speed	1291 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	1392 MHz	of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	3,300 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C
Texture fill rate	66.82	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance	2,138 gflops	of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm
Width	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 1050 Ti: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)
Shared memory	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	+
G-SYNC support	+

Technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready	+
Ansel	+

API support

APIs supported by GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1050 Ti 16.01

Passmark

This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 24%

GTX 1050 Ti 6298

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 16%

GTX 1050 Ti 9453

3DMark Fire Strike Score

Benchmark coverage: 13%

GTX 1050 Ti 6816

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

GTX 1050 Ti 50939

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

GTX 1050 Ti 7485

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTX 1050 Ti 18567

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

GTX 1050 Ti 352876

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

GTX 1050 Ti 16536

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 1050 Ti 20616

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)	326 Mh/s
Decred / DCR (Decred)	1.01 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)	12.62 Mh/s
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight)	0.3 kh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash)	156.48 Sol/s

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD	51
1440p	30
4K	26

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−35

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	48
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30
Battlefield 5	63
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35
Far Cry 5	40−45
Far Cry New Dawn	48
Forza Horizon 4	69
Hitman 3	45−50
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40
Red Dead Redemption 2	35
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	31
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30
Battlefield 5	52
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	39
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35
Far Cry 5	40−45
Far Cry New Dawn	45
Forza Horizon 4	64
Hitman 3	45−50
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40
Metro Exodus	26
Red Dead Redemption 2	18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	49
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30
Battlefield 5	51
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35
Far Cry 5	36
Far Cry New Dawn	41
Forza Horizon 4	45
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24
Hitman 3	24−27
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24
Metro Exodus	14−16
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	20−22

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14
Battlefield 5	36
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11
Far Cry 5	27−30
Far Cry New Dawn	29
Forza Horizon 4	30−33
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14
Hitman 3	14−16
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12
Metro Exodus	9
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8
Battlefield 5	18
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6
Far Cry 5	14−16
Far Cry New Dawn	14
Forza Horizon 4	20
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7

Relative perfomance

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti's performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.

AMD Radeon RX 570 110.68

AMD Radeon R9 285 106.12

NVIDIA T600 103.25

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 100

AMD Radeon R9 380X 99.44

AMD Radeon R9 380 99.13

NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A 96.44

Conclusion

GTX 1050 Ti is a middle class video card. While being relatively cheap, it allows playing nearly every game out there in Full HD resolution with settings close to maximum.

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AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is Radeon R9 380X, which is slower by 1% and lower by 2 positions in our ranking.