GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X and GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
GP104
GP107
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
-
May 2018
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1709 MHz
1518 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
1392 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
14 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
3,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
768
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
75 Watt
Texture fill rate
136.7
72.86
Memory type
GDDR5X
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
3 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
96 Bit
Memory clock speed
8 GB/s
7008 MHz
Memory bandwidth
256.3 GB/s
84.1 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
6.1
6.1
OpenCL
3.0
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.7
6.4
Vulkan
1.3
1.2.131