GeForce GTX 960 and GeForce GTX 1050 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce GTX 1050
GeForce GTX 960
6254
GeForce GTX 1050
5198
GeForce GTX 960
GeForce GTX 1050
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
GM206
N17P-G1
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2015
October 2016
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCIe 3.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
400 Watt
300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
None
SLI
-
-
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
1392 MHz
Core clock speed
1127 MHz
1290 MHz
CUDA cores
1024
640
Floating-point performance
2,413 gflops
1,862 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
14 nm
Number of transistors
2,940 million
3,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
640
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
97 °C
Texture fill rate
72 billion/sec
58.20
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
7008 MHz
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
112 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
Multi monitor support
4 displays
+
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
+
2.2
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
G-SYNC support
+
+
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.4
4.5
Shader Model
6.4
6.4
Vulkan
+
1.2.131
Ansel
-
+
GameStream
+
+
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
3.0
VR Ready
-
+