Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
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
89
50
41
26
33
15
15
n/a
The Witcher 3
85
64
45
23
22
20
14
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
132
94
65
32
46
29
23
n/a
Far Cry 6
72
61
50
23
30
28
20
9
Hogwarts Legacy
46
35
25
14
18
13
11
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
55
46
33
23
30
26
16
11
Ghost of Tsushima
44
32
24
12
13
9
9
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
43
43
25
9
13
12
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
79
71
46
25
30
27
15
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High7226
1080p Ultra5520
1440p Ultra3914
4K Ultra21-
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6010
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
2312
Time Spy58562352
Port Royal3250n/a
Fire Strike195067703
Night Raid7000133459
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
49950
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
21180
Background Blur134.8 frames/s56.6 frames/s
Face Detection59.8 frames/s27.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.37 Gpix/sec0.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.79 Gpix/sec1.2 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.46 Gpix/sec1.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.22 Gpix/sec0.18 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching191.9 Gpix/sec66.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics4183.6 fps1916.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
13765
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
6329
G2D Mark853649
DirectX 11106 fps45 fps
DirectX 1255 fps25 fps
GPU Compute6126 Ops/s2657 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
73.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
34.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)391.3 fps196 fps
Car Chase375.2 fps195.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)337.9 fps166.6 fps
T-Rex1867.7 fps839.6 fps
ALU 21803.6 fps744.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2264 fps270.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2238.8848.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced June, 2, 2015 October, 25, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Entry-level
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Pascal
Codename GM200 GP107
Price 649 139

GPU

GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 1291 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1076 MHz 1392 MHz
Shader Units 2816 768
TMUs 176 48
ROPs 96 32
Execution Units 22 6
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 48 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 1024 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 103 Gpix/sec 45 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 189 GTex/s 67 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.1 TFLOPS 2.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 250 W 75 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 28 nm 14 nm
Max temperature n/a 97 °C
Transistor Size 601 mm² 132 mm²
Transistor count 8 billion 3 billion
Transistor density 13.31 MTr/mm² 22.73 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1753 MHz 1752 MHz
Bus 384 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 7000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
336.6 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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