NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

General info

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

223
Place in performance rating
215
60.47
Value for money (0-100)
42.81
Maxwell
Architecture
Pascal
GM206
Code name
GP107
Desktop
Type
Desktop
22 January 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
25 October 2016 (5 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
$139
$444 (2.2x MSRP)
Price now
$350 (2.5x MSRP)
10.46
Value for money
20.60
GM206
GPU code name
N17P-G1
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

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

1024
Pipelines
768
1127 MHz
Core clock speed
1290 MHz
1178 MHz
Boost Clock
1392 MHz
2,940 million
Transistor count
3,300 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
72 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
66.82
2,413 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,138 gflops
no data
Maximum GPU temperature
97 °C
1024
CUDA cores
768
1024
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
1178 MHz
Boost clock speed
1392 MHz
2,940 million
Number of transistors
3,300 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
9.5" (24.1 cm)
Length
145 mm
1x 6-pins
Supplementary power connectors
None
+
SLI options
no data
400 Watt
Recommended system power (PSU)
no data
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
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 960 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti can be seen in this section.

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

Video outputs and ports

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

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

Technologies

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

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

API support

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

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.4
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
1.2.131
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 960 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 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 960 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 44.7 32.3 17.6
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 200 71.7 44.3 32.6 20.6
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 101 62.9 55.5 52.9 39.3
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 960

More pipelines (1024 vs 768)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

1.98% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($350 (2.5x MSRP) vs $444 (2.2x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (16 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 120 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

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

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

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

User rating

2.5 Out of 2 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti