Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
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
88
53
43
26
21
12
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
80
63
43
22
16
13
9
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
131
93
68
28
38
22
15
n/a
Far Cry 6
71
62
46
23
24
25
15
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
44
36
28
13
15
11
10
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
56
44
32
20
29
24
14
11
Ghost of Tsushima
43
34
22
13
11
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
44
39
22
10
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
77
71
47
23
23
16
12
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High7021
1080p Ultra5515
1440p Ultra3911
4K Ultra20-
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
5672
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
1831
Time Spy60471735
Solar Bay19265n/a
Port Royal1549n/a
Fire Strike161836771
Night Raid7443027045
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
67074
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
20580
Background Blur122.5 frames/s52.5 frames/s
Face Detection68.6 frames/s24.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.56 Gpix/sec0.79 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.33 Gpix/sec1.16 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.21 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.86 Gpix/sec0.2 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching273.3 Gpix/sec65.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8476.3 fps1832.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
12712
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
5028
G2D Mark804457
DirectX 11103 fps38 fps
DirectX 1249 fps20 fps
GPU Compute5099 Ops/s2089 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
70.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
30 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)396.1 fps174.9 fps
Car Chase339.7 fps160.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)304.7 fps143.1 fps
T-Rex1502.8 fps650.7 fps
ALU 21607.1 fps631.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2272.1 fps231 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1760.2759.5

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 29, 2019 October, 25, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture Turing Pascal
Codename TU116 GP107
Price 229 109

GPU

GPU Frequency 1530 MHz 1354 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1785 MHz 1455 MHz
Shader Units 1408 640
TMUs 88 40
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 22 5
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 64 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 1536 KB/core 1024 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 86 Gpix/sec 47 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 157 GTex/s 58 GTex/s
FLOPS 5 TFLOPS 1.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 125 W 75 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 12 nm 14 nm
Transistor Size 284 mm² 132 mm²
Transistor count 6 billion 3 billion
Transistor density 21.13 MTr/mm² 22.73 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1752 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 7000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 2 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
336 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 7.5 6.1
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
4 (66.67%)
2 (33.33%)
Total Votes: 6

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