860M SLI vs 1050 Ti Mobile

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Combined performance score

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
15.27
+24.4%

1050 Ti Mobile outperforms 860M SLI by 24% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking321368
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money9.094.59
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code nameGP107no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 January 2017 (7 years old)12 March 2014 (10 years old)
Current price$545 $489
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile has 98% better value for money than GTX 860M SLI.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores7681280
CUDA cores768no data
Core clock speed1493 MHz1029 MHz
Boost clock speed1620 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,300 million2x 1870 Million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt120 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate77.76no data

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile and GeForce GTX 860M SLI compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizelargelarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
SLI optionsno data+

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2x 4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit2x 128 Bit
Memory clock speed7 GB/s5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth112 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsno data
G-SYNC support+no data

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimusno data+
Ansel+no data

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (FL 11_0)
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131no data
CUDA++

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. 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 Mobile 15.27
+24.4%
GTX 860M SLI 12.27

1050 Ti Mobile outperforms 860M SLI by 24% in our combined benchmark results.


3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile 30690
+12.7%
GTX 860M SLI 27223

1050 Ti Mobile outperforms 860M SLI by 13% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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: 17%

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile 9616
GTX 860M SLI 9840
+2.3%

860M SLI outperforms 1050 Ti Mobile by 2% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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 made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile 7741
+30.3%
GTX 860M SLI 5941

1050 Ti Mobile outperforms 860M SLI by 30% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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: 14%

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile 50514
+21.9%
GTX 860M SLI 41434

1050 Ti Mobile outperforms 860M SLI by 22% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD56
+21.7%
46
−21.7%
1440p25
+38.9%
18−21
−38.9%
4K17
+41.7%
12−14
−41.7%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 43
+65.4%
24−27
−65.4%
Battlefield 5 59
+40.5%
40−45
−40.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 47
+46.9%
30−35
−46.9%
Far Cry 5 47
+46.9%
30−35
−46.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 46
+39.4%
30−35
−39.4%
Forza Horizon 4 62
+44.2%
40−45
−44.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 33
+57.1%
21−24
−57.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 39
+50%
24−27
−50%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 37
+42.3%
24−27
−42.3%
Battlefield 5 49
+16.7%
40−45
−16.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 33
+3.1%
30−35
−3.1%
Far Cry 5 44
+37.5%
30−35
−37.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 42
+27.3%
30−35
−27.3%
Forza Horizon 4 57
+32.6%
40−45
−32.6%
Metro Exodus 19
+0%
18−20
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+19%
21−24
−19%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 33
+26.9%
24−27
−26.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 47
+88%
24−27
−88%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 23
−13%
24−27
+13%
Battlefield 5 42
+0%
40−45
+0%
Far Cry 5 40
+25%
30−35
−25%
Far Cry New Dawn 38
+15.2%
30−35
−15.2%
Forza Horizon 4 43
+0%
40−45
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 26
+4%
24−27
−4%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21
+16.7%
18−20
−16.7%
Metro Exodus 12
+9.1%
10−12
−9.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 17
+6.3%
16−18
−6.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
+33.3%
12−14
−33.3%
Battlefield 5 29
+20.8%
24−27
−20.8%
Far Cry 5 26
+30%
20−22
−30%
Far Cry New Dawn 27
+22.7%
21−24
−22.7%
Forza Horizon 4 30−33
+30.4%
21−24
−30.4%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
−100%
8−9
+100%
Metro Exodus 7
+40%
5−6
−40%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 17
+54.5%
10−12
−54.5%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%
Battlefield 5 16−18
+33.3%
12−14
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 12
+20%
10−11
−20%
Far Cry New Dawn 13
+8.3%
12−14
−8.3%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+31.3%
16−18
−31.3%

This is how GTX 1050 Ti Mobile and GTX 860M SLI compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is 21.7% faster than GTX 860M SLI

1440p resolution:

  • GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is 38.9% faster than GTX 860M SLI

4K resolution:

  • GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is 41.7% faster than GTX 860M SLI

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is 88% faster than the GTX 860M SLI.
  • in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 860M SLI is 100% faster than the GTX 1050 Ti Mobile.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is ahead in 38 tests (88%)
  • GTX 860M SLI is ahead in 2 tests (5%)
  • there's a draw in 3 tests (7%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 15.27 12.27
Recency 3 January 2017 12 March 2014
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 120 Watt

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 860M SLI in performance tests.


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