GeForce 8800 Ultra vs GTX 1050 Mobile

Place in performance ranking	383	899
Place by popularity	88	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	11.11	0.03
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	GP107B	G80
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	3 January 2017 (7 years ago)	2 May 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$829
Current price	$256	$235 (0.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1050 Mobile has 36933% better value for money than 8800 Ultra.

Detailed specifications

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 cores	640	128
CUDA cores	640	612
Core clock speed	1354 MHz	612 MHz
Boost clock speed	1493 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,300 million	681 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	171 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	59.72	39.2 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	no data	387.1 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile and GeForce 8800 Ultra compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 size	large	no data
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	no data	270 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	2x 6-pin
SLI options	-	+

VRAM capacity and type

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4000 MB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	1080 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	103.7 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectors	DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDCP	2.2	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

GameStream	+	no data
GPU Boost	3.0	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	6.4	4.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
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 Mobile 11.55
+596%

8800 Ultra 1.66

GTX 1050 Mobile outperforms 8800 Ultra by 596% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of 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: 25%

GTX 1050 Mobile 4461
+595%

8800 Ultra 642

GTX 1050 Mobile outperforms 8800 Ultra by 595% in Passmark.

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:

900p	73 +630%	10−12 −630%
Full HD	46 +667%	6−7 −667%
1440p	24 +700%	3−4 −700%
4K	15 +650%	2−3 −650%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	250−260 +576%	37 −576%
Battlefield 5	350−400 +586%	51 −586%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	270−280 +575%	40 −575%
Far Cry 5	270−280 +592%	39 −592%
Far Cry New Dawn	260−270 +584%	38 −584%
Forza Horizon 4	350−400 +536%	55 −536%
Red Dead Redemption 2	180−190 +567%	27 −567%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	220−230 +567%	33 −567%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	200−210 +567%	30 −567%
Battlefield 5	300−310 +582%	44 −582%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	220−230 +567%	33 −567%
Far Cry 5	250−260 +594%	36 −594%
Far Cry New Dawn	250−260 +576%	37 −576%
Forza Horizon 4	350−400 +573%	52 −573%
Metro Exodus	130−140 +584%	19 −584%
Red Dead Redemption 2	95−100 +579%	14 −579%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	200−210 +590%	29 −590%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	270−280 +592%	39 −592%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	120−130 +567%	18 −567%
Battlefield 5	250−260 +576%	37 −576%
Far Cry 5	220−230 +567%	33 −567%
Far Cry New Dawn	220−230 +567%	33 −567%
Forza Horizon 4	250−260 +576%	37 −576%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	150−160 +582%	22 −582%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 +567%	18 −567%
Metro Exodus	75−80 +582%	11 −582%
Red Dead Redemption 2	130−140 +584%	18−20 −584%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	110−120 +547%	17 −547%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	90−95 +592%	13 −592%
Battlefield 5	180−190 +592%	26 −592%
Far Cry 5	140−150 +567%	21 −567%
Far Cry New Dawn	160−170 +567%	24 −567%
Forza Horizon 4	180−190 +592%	26 −592%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65−70 +550%	10 −550%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +543%	7 −543%
Red Dead Redemption 2	75−80 +582%	10−12 −582%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 +588%	8 −588%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65−70 +550%	10−11 −550%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 +543%	7 −543%
Battlefield 5	90−95 +592%	13 −592%
Far Cry 5	75−80 +582%	11 −582%
Far Cry New Dawn	75−80 +582%	11 −582%
Forza Horizon 4	100−105 +567%	15 −567%

This is how GTX 1050 Mobile and 8800 Ultra compete in popular games:

GTX 1050 Mobile is 630% faster in 900p
GTX 1050 Mobile is 667% faster in 1080p
GTX 1050 Mobile is 700% faster in 1440p
GTX 1050 Mobile is 650% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	11.55	1.66
Recency	3 January 2017	2 May 2007
Maximum RAM amount	4000 MB	512 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	171 Watt