
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB and PG506-242 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
PG506-242
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GP107
GA100
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2018
April 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
8-pin EPS
Boost clock speed
1518 MHz
1440 MHz
Core clock speed
1392 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
7 nm
Number of transistors
3,300 million
54,200 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
165 Watt
Texture fill rate
72.86
322.6
Memory type
GDDR5
HBM2
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
24 GB
Memory bus width
96 Bit
3072 Bit
Memory clock speed
7008 MHz
2.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
84.1 GB/s
933.1 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
No outputs
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
N/A
CUDA
6.1
8.0
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
N/A
Shader Model
6.4
N/A
Vulkan
1.2.131
N/A