GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce GTX 1050 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce GTX 1050
GeForce GTX 970
9932
GeForce GTX 1050
5198
GeForce GTX 970
GeForce GTX 1050
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
GM204
N17P-G1
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2014
October 2016
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCIe 3.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pins
None
SLI
-
-
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
1392 MHz
Core clock speed
1050 MHz
1290 MHz
CUDA cores
1664
640
Floating-point performance
3,920 gflops
1,862 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
14 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
3,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1664
640
Power consumption (TDP)
145 Watt
75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
97 °C
Texture fill rate
109 billion/sec
58.20
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
7008 MHz
Memory bandwidth
224 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
1.1.126
1.2.131
Ansel
-
+
GameStream
+
+
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
3.0
VR Ready
-
+