GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile vs GTX 1660 Ti Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile and GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
2019
6 GB GDDR6, 80 Watt
28.91
+149%

GTX 1660 Ti Mobile outperforms GTX 1050 Mobile by a whopping 149% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking196416
Place by popularitynot in top-10093
Cost-effectiveness evaluation100.00no data
Power efficiency24.9310.67
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameTU116GP107B
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date23 April 2019 (5 years ago)3 January 2017 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1536640
Core clock speed1455 MHz1354 MHz
Boost clock speed1590 MHz1493 MHz
Number of transistors6,600 million3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data97 °C
Texture fill rate152.659.72
Floating-point processing power4.884 TFLOPS1.911 TFLOPS
ROPs4816
TMUs9640

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sizedlarge
Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16

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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4000 MB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz7008 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s112 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputsDP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDCP-2.2
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

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

GameStream-+
GPU Boostno data3.0
Anselno data+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.4
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA7.5+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

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GTX 1660 Ti Mobile 28.91
+149%
GTX 1050 Mobile 11.60

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.

GTX 1660 Ti Mobile 20119
+162%
GTX 1050 Mobile 7693

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.

GTX 1660 Ti Mobile 49309
+85.7%
GTX 1050 Mobile 26560

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.

GTX 1660 Ti Mobile 14818
+144%
GTX 1050 Mobile 6068

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.

GTX 1660 Ti Mobile 97517
+156%
GTX 1050 Mobile 38042

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.

GTX 1660 Ti Mobile 419800
+46.1%
GTX 1050 Mobile 287287

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:

900p180−190
+147%
73
−147%
Full HD89
+93.5%
46
−93.5%
1440p57
+138%
24
−138%
4K36
+140%
15
−140%

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.57no data
1440p4.02no data
4K6.36no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 63
+163%
24−27
−163%
Cyberpunk 2077 86
+187%
30−33
−187%
Elden Ring 95−100
+177%
35−40
−177%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 89
+74.5%
51
−74.5%
Counter-Strike 2 54
+157%
21−24
−157%
Cyberpunk 2077 63
+163%
24−27
−163%
Forza Horizon 4 147
+167%
55
−167%
Metro Exodus 88
+151%
35−40
−151%
Red Dead Redemption 2 99
+267%
27
−267%
Valorant 148
+169%
55−60
−169%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 112
+155%
44
−155%
Counter-Strike 2 49
+172%
18−20
−172%
Cyberpunk 2077 50
+178%
18−20
−178%
Dota 2 111
−13.5%
126
+13.5%
Elden Ring 102
+155%
40−45
−155%
Far Cry 5 75
+108%
36
−108%
Fortnite 130−140
+173%
51
−173%
Forza Horizon 4 118
+127%
52
−127%
Grand Theft Auto V 105
+150%
42
−150%
Metro Exodus 63
+232%
19
−232%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 232
+466%
41
−466%
Red Dead Redemption 2 41
+193%
14
−193%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 95−100
+146%
39
−146%
Valorant 71
+163%
27−30
−163%
World of Tanks 270−280
+68.3%
160−170
−68.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 78
+111%
37
−111%
Counter-Strike 2 55−60
+167%
21−24
−167%
Cyberpunk 2077 45
+150%
18−20
−150%
Dota 2 116
+0.9%
115
−0.9%
Far Cry 5 119
+261%
33
−261%
Forza Horizon 4 101
+173%
37
−173%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+493%
29
−493%
Valorant 125
+150%
50−55
−150%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 50−55
+178%
18−20
−178%
Elden Ring 54
+157%
21−24
−157%
Grand Theft Auto V 50−55
+219%
16−18
−219%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+150%
70−75
−150%
Red Dead Redemption 2 26
+160%
10−11
−160%
World of Tanks 180−190
+151%
75−80
−151%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 55
+112%
26
−112%
Counter-Strike 2 24−27
+160%
10−11
−160%
Cyberpunk 2077 25
+150%
10−11
−150%
Far Cry 5 85−90
+319%
21
−319%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+204%
26
−204%
Metro Exodus 60
+150%
24−27
−150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
+150%
18−20
−150%
Valorant 81
+170%
30−33
−170%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 27−30
+170%
10−11
−170%
Dota 2 50−55
+189%
18−20
−189%
Elden Ring 26
+160%
10−11
−160%
Grand Theft Auto V 50−55
+136%
21−24
−136%
Metro Exodus 19
+171%
7
−171%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 90
+157%
35−40
−157%
Red Dead Redemption 2 17
+143%
7−8
−143%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
+136%
21−24
−136%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 27
+108%
13
−108%
Counter-Strike 2 27−30
+170%
10−11
−170%
Cyberpunk 2077 10
+150%
4−5
−150%
Dota 2 85
+150%
34
−150%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+255%
11
−255%
Fortnite 37
+164%
14−16
−164%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
+200%
15
−200%
Valorant 39
+179%
14−16
−179%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Far Cry 5 39
+0%
39
+0%
Fortnite 132
+0%
132
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 46
+0%
46
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 22
+0%
22
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 39
+0%
39
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Metro Exodus 11
+0%
11
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 25
+0%
25
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12
+0%
12
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 10
+0%
10
+0%

This is how GTX 1660 Ti Mobile and GTX 1050 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1660 Ti Mobile is 147% faster in 900p
  • GTX 1660 Ti Mobile is 93% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1660 Ti Mobile is 138% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1660 Ti Mobile is 140% faster in 4K

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

  • in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1660 Ti Mobile is 493% faster.
  • in Dota 2, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 1050 Mobile is 14% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 1660 Ti Mobile is ahead in 31 test (76%)
  • GTX 1050 Mobile is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • there's a draw in 9 tests (22%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 28.91 11.60
Recency 23 April 2019 3 January 2017
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4000 MB
Chip lithography 12 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 75 Watt

GTX 1660 Ti Mobile has a 149.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 53.6% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

GTX 1050 Mobile, on the other hand, has 6.7% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile in performance tests.


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