Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
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
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
33
15
15
n/a
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
22
20
14
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
46
29
23
n/a
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
30
28
20
9
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
18
13
11
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
30
26
16
11
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
13
9
9
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
13
12
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
30
27
15
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a26
1080p Ultran/a20
1440p Ultran/a14
4K Ultran/a-
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
2312
Time Spyn/a2352
Fire Striken/a7703
Night Raidn/a33459
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
28989
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
21180
Background Blur77.1 frames/s56.6 frames/s
Face Detection38.1 frames/s27.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.28 Gpix/sec0.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.08 Gpix/sec1.2 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.85 Gpix/sec1.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.17 Gpix/sec0.18 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching92.9 Gpix/sec66.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics2443 fps1916.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
9638
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
6329
G2D Mark766649
DirectX 1171 fps45 fps
DirectX 1241 fps25 fps
GPU Compute4083 Ops/s2657 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
46.8 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
34.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)275.6 fps196 fps
Car Chase273.9 fps195.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)237.9 fps166.6 fps
T-Rex1112.2 fps839.6 fps
ALU 25981 fps744.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2250.7 fps270.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1804.1848.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 19, 2014 October, 25, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Pascal
Codename GM204 GP107
Price 329 139

GPU

GPU Frequency 1050 MHz 1291 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1178 MHz 1392 MHz
Shader Units 1664 768
TMUs 104 48
ROPs 56 32
Execution Units 13 6
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 66 Gpix/sec 45 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 123 GTex/s 67 GTex/s
FLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS 2.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 148 W 75 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 28 nm 14 nm
Max temperature n/a 97 °C
Transistor Size 398 mm² 132 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 3 billion
Transistor density 12.56 MTr/mm² 22.73 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1753 MHz 1752 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 7000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
224.4 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
112.1 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 5.2 6.1
DisplayPort 1.2 1.4a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

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