Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
89
52
42
24
21
12
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
85
67
46
24
16
13
9
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
133
93
66
32
38
22
15
n/a
Far Cry 6
70
62
50
23
24
25
15
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
46
36
28
14
15
11
10
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
55
49
31
22
29
24
14
11
Ghost of Tsushima
41
32
25
12
11
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
46
41
23
10
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
76
73
49
22
23
16
12
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High7121
1080p Ultra5615
1440p Ultra4011
4K Ultra20-
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
5844
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
1831
Time Spy60911735
Solar Bay15809n/a
Port Royal1275n/a
Fire Strike187076771
Night Raid7227327045
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
53429
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
20580
Background Blur142.3 frames/s52.5 frames/s
Face Detection65.1 frames/s24.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.2 Gpix/sec0.79 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.23 Gpix/sec1.16 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.74 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.3 Gpix/sec0.2 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching195.6 Gpix/sec65.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5161.6 fps1832.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
13504
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
5028
G2D Mark847457
DirectX 11100 fps38 fps
DirectX 1248 fps20 fps
GPU Compute6129 Ops/s2089 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
75.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
30 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)423.4 fps174.9 fps
Car Chase391.1 fps160.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)360 fps143.1 fps
T-Rex1942.3 fps650.7 fps
ALU 25965.8 fps631.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2271.6 fps231 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2186759.5

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 10, 2016 October, 25, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Pascal Pascal
Codename GP104 GP107
Price 379 109

GPU

GPU Frequency 1506 MHz 1354 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1683 MHz 1455 MHz
Shader Units 1920 640
TMUs 120 40
ROPs 64 32
Execution Units 15 5
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 48 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 1024 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 108 Gpix/sec 47 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 202 GTex/s 58 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS 1.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 150 W 75 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 16 nm 14 nm
Transistor Size 314 mm² 132 mm²
Transistor count 7 billion 3 billion
Transistor density 22.29 MTr/mm² 22.73 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 2002 MHz 1752 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 7000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 2 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
256.3 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
112.1 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 6.1
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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