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GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
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VRAM
3 GB
CUDA
768
FP32
2.332 TF
Bandwidth
84.1 GB/s
TDP
75W
Boost
1518 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 compute2.332 TFLOPS2%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth84.1 GB/s5%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity3 GB9%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units7684%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency10/10017%
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 efficiency10
Real-World Gaming
FPS Across Resolutions
1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 10 fps
1080p
14
1440p
10
4K
7
Call of Duty: MW IIIavg 15 fps
1080p
20
1440p
15
4K
9
Alan Wake 2avg 9 fps
1080p
12
1440p
9
4K
5
Forza Horizon 5avg 15 fps
1080p
21
1440p
15
4K
9
Baldur's Gate 3avg 12 fps
1080p
17
1440p
12
4K
8
Community Feedback
What Owners Say
Owners love it sips power and runs cool, a perfect drop-in upgrade for older PCs. The main gripe is that the 3 GB VRAM chokes modern games, causing stutters even when the core can handle more.
Pros
- Plays modern games at medium settings
- Sips power, no extra cables needed
- Runs cool and quiet in any case
- Fits small builds without compromise
Cons
- VRAM too low for modern games
- No SLI support at all
- Lacks hardware video encoding
Supported technologies
NVENCAV1 Encode
Full specifications
Core configuration
- CUDA Cores
- 768
- TMUs
- 48
- ROPs
- 24
- L2 cache
- 768 MB
Memory
- Size
- 3 GB
- Type
- GDDR5
- Bus width
- 96-bit
- Bandwidth
- 84.1 GB/s
- Memory clock
- 1752 MHz
Clocks & throughput
- Base clock
- 1392 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1518 MHz
- FP32 (float)
- 2.332 TFLOPS
- FP16 (half)
- 2.332 TFLOPS
- Pixel rate
- 36 GPixel/s
- Texture rate
- 72.86 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
- 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
API and SDK support
- DirectX
- 12 (12_1)
- Shader Model
- 6.4
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 1.2
- Vulkan
- 1.2.131
- CUDA
- 6.1
Verdict
Our verdict on the GTX 1050 3 GB
The GTX 1050 3 GB is a budget Pascal card with a weird 3 GB frame buffer that limits modern gaming.
Get it if you’re building a dirt-cheap PC for older games or light esports and don’t need 4GB. Skip it if you play modern AAA titles or want any future-proofing—3GB VRAM is a hard bottleneck.
Buy it if…
- You are building a budget PC and don't play the newest games.
- You need a graphics card that works with an older power supply.
- You want to play esports titles like Overwatch or CS at high settings.
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