NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
VS
GeForce GTX 960 OEM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
VS
GeForce GTX 960 OEM

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 and GeForce GTX 960 OEM. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

250
Place in performance rating
not rated
40.57
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Pascal
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
GP107
Code name
no data
Desktop
Type
no data
25 October 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
26 November 2015 (6 years ago)
$109
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$349 (3.2x MSRP)
Price now
$95
15.09
Value for money
no data
N17P-G1
GPU code name
GM206
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 and GeForce GTX 960 OEM based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

640
Pipelines
no data
1290 MHz
Core clock speed
924 MHz
1392 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
3,300 million
Transistor count
no data
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
58.20
Texture fill rate
76.86
1,862 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,460 gflops
97 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
640
CUDA cores
no data
640
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
1392 MHz
Boost clock speed
1201 MHz
3,300 million
Number of transistors
2,940 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 and GeForce GTX 960 OEM.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
5.7" (14.5 cm)
Length
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None
Supplementary power connectors
None
-
SLI options
no data
300 Watt
Recommended system power (PSU)
no data
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
no data
2-slot
Width
no data
4.38" (11.1 cm)
Height
no data
-
SLI
no data

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 and GeForce GTX 960 OEM can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
7008 MHz
Memory clock speed
7012 MHz
112 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112.2 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 and GeForce GTX 960 OEM, the size and number of monitors.

DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
G-SYNC support
no data
+
Multi monitor support
no data
2.2
HDCP
no data
+
HDMI
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 and GeForce GTX 960 OEM is the additional functionality.

+
VR Ready
no data
+
Multi Monitor
no data
+
3D Vision
no data
3.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
5.2
+
Multi-Projection
no data
+
Ansel
no data
+
ShadowWorks
no data
+
GameStream
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 and GeForce GTX 960 OEM. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
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 and GeForce GTX 960 OEM 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 or GeForce GTX 960 OEM good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
GeForce GTX 960 OEM
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
GeForce GTX 960 OEM
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 133 62 40.8 25.9
GeForce GTX 960 OEM
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 177 62.2 38.2 30.7 19
GeForce GTX 960 OEM
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 52.5 39.3 31.3 28.2
GeForce GTX 960 OEM
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

27.12% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Cheaper ($95 vs $349 (3.2x MSRP))

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (112.2 GB/s vs 112 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 or GeForce GTX 960 OEM?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 versus GeForce GTX 960 OEM performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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