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GeForce GTX 1050
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VRAM
2 GB
CUDA
640
FP32
1.862 TF
Bandwidth
112 GB/s
TDP
75W
Boost
1392 MHz
Strengths at a Glance
How it stacks up to the flagship
Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.
FP32 compute1.862 TFLOPS2%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s6%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity2 GB6%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units6403%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency8/10014%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks
Estimated benchmark results
Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.
3DMark Time Spy4,320pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)2,160pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)624spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute28,800pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts
Performance breakdown
Gaming12
Ray tracing12
AI / Compute12
Creator / 3D12
Power efficiency8
Real-World Gaming
FPS Across Resolutions
1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 14 fps
1080p
25
1440p
11
4K
5
Counter-Strike 2avg 32 fps
1080p
66
1440p
22
4K
9
Fortniteavg 31 fps
1080p
51
1440p
28
4K
13
Battlefield 5avg 26 fps
1080p
35
1440p
26
4K
16
Far Cry 5avg 27 fps
1080p
42
1440p
25
4K
13
Valorantavg 75 fps
1080p
27
1440p
131
4K
66
Average FPS across all PC games
1080p
44fps
1440p
23fps
4K
22fps
Cost per frame
Launch MSRP ($109) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.
1080p
$2.43
1440p
$4.65
4K
$5.01
Community Feedback
What Owners Say
Owners love how this little card runs games at 1080p without needing extra power cables. The usual gripe is the 2GB memory gets eaten up fast in modern titles.
Pros
- No extra power cable needed
- Runs cool in small cases
- Plays esports titles smoothly
- Great for budget builds
Cons
- VRAM too low for modern games
- No overclocking headroom at all
- Lacks modern feature set support
Supported technologies
NVENCAV1 Encode
Full specifications
Graphics processor
Core configuration
- CUDA Cores
- 640
- TMUs
- 40
- ROPs
- 32
- L2 cache
- 1024 MB
Memory
- Size
- 2 GB
- Type
- GDDR5
- Bus width
- 128-bit
- Bandwidth
- 112 GB/s
- Memory clock
- 1752 MHz
Clocks & throughput
- Base clock
- 1290 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1392 MHz
- FP32 (float)
- 1.862 TFLOPS
- FP16 (half)
- 1.862 TFLOPS
- Pixel rate
- 45 GPixel/s
- Texture rate
- 58.2 GTexel/s
Board & power
- TDP
- 75W
- Suggested PSU
- 150W
- Power connectors
- None
- Bus interface
- PCIe 3.0 x16
- Length
- 145 mm
- Slot width
- 2-slot
Display & outputs
- Max resolution
- 7680×4320
- Outputs
- DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
API and SDK support
- DirectX
- 12 (12_1)
- Shader Model
- 6.4
- OpenGL
- 4.5
- OpenCL
- 1.2
- Vulkan
- 1.2.131
- CUDA
- +
Verdict
Our verdict on the GTX 1050
A small, efficient 75-watt Pascal card that just barely handles modern gaming at low settings.
Get it if you need a basic, low-power card for older games or a simple office PC upgrade. Skip it if you want to play modern AAA games or use high-resolution textures, as the limited memory will choke.
Buy it if…
- You need a cheap upgrade from an older GPU with no extra power cables.
- You play esports titles like CS2 or Valorant at low settings.
- You want a small, low-power card for a basic home theater PC.
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