NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

215
Place in performance rating
242
42.81
Value for money (0-100)
13.60
Pascal
Architecture
Maxwell
GP107
Code name
GM206
Desktop
Type
Desktop
25 October 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
20 August 2015 (6 years ago)
$139
Launch price (MSRP)
$159
$350 (2.5x MSRP)
Price now
$181 (1.1x MSRP)
20.60
Value for money
24.57
N17P-G1
GPU code name
GM206
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

768
Pipelines
768
1290 MHz
Core clock speed
1024 MHz
1392 MHz
Boost Clock
1188 MHz
3,300 million
Transistor count
2,940 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
90 Watt
66.82
Texture fill rate
49.2 billion/sec
2,138 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,825 gflops
97 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
768
CUDA cores
768
768
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
1392 MHz
Boost clock speed
1188 MHz
3,300 million
Number of transistors
2,940 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
90 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
145 mm
Length
7.938" (20.2 cm)
None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
no data
SLI options
+
no data
Recommended system power (PSU)
350 Watt
no data
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
no data
Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
7 GB/s
Memory clock speed
6.6 GB/s
112 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
105.6 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
+
G-SYNC support
+
no data
Multi monitor support
4 displays
no data
HDCP
+
no data
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
no data
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 is the additional functionality.

+
VR Ready
no data
+
Multi Monitor
no data
+
3D Vision
+
no data
GPU Boost
2.0
+
CUDA
+
no data
GeForce Experience
+
no data
Surround
+
+
Multi-Projection
no data
no data
Adaptive Vertical Sync
+
+
Ansel
no data
no data
GameStream
+
no data
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
no data
GameWorks
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
1.2.131
Vulkan
1.1.126
6.4
Shader Model
6.4
1.2
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 44.7 32.3 17.6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 200 71.7 44.3 32.6 20.6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 101 62.9 55.5 52.9 39.3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

5.05% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (16 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 90 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (112 GB/s vs 105.6 GB/s)

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

Cheaper ($181 (1.1x MSRP) vs $350 (2.5x MSRP))

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 performance benchmarks comparison

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