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GTX 1050

Average Bench: 25.7% (187th of 715)

Based on 269,381 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 1C81 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Poor: 24%Average: 25.7% Great: 28%

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Very poor average bench

The Nvidia GTX 1050 averaged 74.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 32.4fps
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 36.5fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 1050 is just 4.31%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Nvidia GTX 1050 performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 34.1fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 31.7fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 269,381 samples)
Rank 18725.7%
Min Avg Max
29.8 Lighting 32.4 36.6
30.7 Reflection 34.1 39.8
28.2 Parallax 31.7 35.2
26.4% 32.7 fps
Min Avg Max
34.1 MRender 36.5 38.3
30.6 Gravity 32.9 35.2
20.8 Splatting 22.5 24.5
24.2% 30.6 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
MSI(1462 8C97)
CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 560.70
27.1% Poor
Lighting 33.7
Reflection 35.7
Parallax 34.6
28% 34.7 fps
MRender 42.1
Gravity 35.3
Splatting 23.1
26% 33.5 fps
MSI(1462 8C97)
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 560.70
26.5% Poor
Lighting 33.2
Reflection 34.8
Parallax 32.9
27% 33.6 fps
MRender 38.1
Gravity 35.2
Splatting 23.7
26% 32.3 fps
MSI(1462 8C97)
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 560.70
25.9% Poor
Lighting 32.8
Reflection 34.2
Parallax 31.7
27% 32.9 fps
MRender 35.2
Gravity 33.5
Splatting 23.2
24% 30.6 fps
Nvidia(10DE 1C81) 2GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 536.23
24.9% Poor
Lighting 31.3
Reflection 32.7
Parallax 30.9
26% 31.6 fps
MRender 36.7
Gravity 32.2
Splatting 21.8
24% 30.2 fps
EVGA(3842 6150)
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 536.23
24.9% Poor
Lighting 31.1
Reflection 32.5
Parallax 31
25% 31.5 fps
MRender 37.5
Gravity 32.1
Splatting 21.9
24% 30.5 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (MSRP ≈ $109 @ launch in Oct '16)
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MSI(1462 8C97) 14% 26% ± 1%
MSI GTX 1050 2GB OC
GTX 1050 2G OC
EbayUS $1012 months
BHPhotoUS $1304 years
AmazonUS $1424 years
MSI GTX 1050 2GB TWIN OC
GTX 1050 2GT OC
AmazonUS $1452 years
Gigabyte(1458 3765) 7% 26% ± 1%
Nvidia(10DE 11C0) 7% 25% ± 1%
HP(103C 8338) 6% 25% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 3766) 5% 25% ± 1%
Zotac(19DA 2454) 5% 25% ± 1%
Zotac GTX 1050 2GB Mini
ZT-P10500A-10L
EbayUS $16110 months
AmazonUS $16310 months
BHPhotoUS $1756 years
Nvidia(10DE 1C81) 4% 25% ± 1%
Sapphire(174B 5454) 4% 26% ± 1%
Asus(1043 85D7) 4% 25% ± 1%
MSI(1462 3354) 4% 28% ± 2%
MSI GTX 1050 2GB GAMING X
GTX 1050 GAMING X 2G
BHPhotoUS $1466 years
AmazonUS $21514 months
Asus(1043 8616) 4% 26% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 6152) 4% 26% ± 1%
EVGA GTX 1050 2GB SC GAMING
02G-P4-6152-KR
AmazonUS $3273 years
Gigabyte(1458 372C) 3% 27% ± 2%
Gigabyte GTX 1050 2GB Windforce
GV-N1050WF2OC-2GD
AmazonUS $2993 years
Gigabyte(1458 3747) 3% 26% ± 1%
Asus(1043 203B) 3% 25% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 6150) 3% 25% ± 1%
EVGA GTX 1050 2GB GAMING
02G-P4-6150-KR
EbayUS $13021 mins
AmazonUS $25422 months
Gigabyte(1458 372D) 3% 25% ± 1%
Gigabyte GTX 1050 2GB OC
GV-N1050OC-2GD
EbayUS $10221 mins
AmazonUS $1908 days
Gigabyte(1458 372E) 2% 25% ± 1%
Gigabyte GTX 1050 2GB OC Single
GV-N1050D5-2GD
AmazonUS $1103 years
EbayUS $1162 years
Asus(1043 85D2) 1% 25% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 372B) 1% 28% ± 1%
Zotac(19DA 9454) 1% 26% ± 1%
Dell(1028 11C0) 1% 27% ± 2%
Asus(1043 85D8) 1% 28% ± 1%
PNY(196E 11C0) 1% 25% ± 0%
PNY GTX 1050 2GB
VCGGTX10502PB
AmazonUS $13514 days
EbayUS $19821 mins
Asus(1043 8654) 1% 26% ± 2%
Asus(1043 85C7) 1% 25% ± 1%
Asus GTX 1050 2GB Expedition
EX-GTX1050-2G
Asus(1043 85D5) 1% 26% ± 1%
Asus(1043 85D9) 1% 26% ± 1%
Gainward(10B0 1C81) 1% 25% ± 0%
MSI(1462 3511) 1% 25% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 6154) 0% 26% ± 1%
EVGA GTX 1050 2GB SSC GAMING
02G-P4-6154-KR
BHPhotoUS $1297 years
AmazonUS $1904 years
Asus(1043 850B) 0% 26% ± 0%
MSI(1462 3355) 0% 28% ± 1%
Zotac(19DA 2455) 0% 26% ± 0%
Device(7377 0000) 0% 27% ± 0%
Asus(1043 860C) 0% 26% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8628) 0% 26% ± 1%
EVGA(3842 5150) 0% 25% ± 0%
Asus(1043 865E) 0% 26% ± 0%
Asus(1043 861A) 0% 28% ± 0%
Asus(1043 861B) 0% 26% ± 0%
Device(1B4C 11C0) 0% 24% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 3743) 0% 28% ± 0%
Device(107D 2772) 0% 23% ± 0%
Asus(1043 85CC) 0% 24% ± 0%
Asus(1043 85CE) 0% 0% ± 0%
Asus GTX 1050 2GB Phoenix
PH-GTX1050-2G
EbayUS $1622 months
AmazonUS $21513 months
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Desktop 73%
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Workstation 16%
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System: Asus G11CD-K

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel  $70Bench 64%, 234,266 samples937x
Core i7-7700Intel  $135Bench 76%, 256,717 samples755x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $200Bench 84%, 712,312 samples30x
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GTX 1050Nvidia  $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples469x
SSD
HFS128G32TND-N210A 128GBBench 63%, 4,377 samples146x
Micron_1100_MTFDDAK256TBN 256GBBench 78%, 6,868 samples146x
SD8SBAT128G1002 128GBSandiskBench 58%, 3,654 samples117x
RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 39%, 21,551 samples176x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples165x
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 39%, 22,600 samples128x
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 Comments

GPUPro
Avatar level
1,637

Official site www.geforce.com/...

Added 7 years ago.
USA-User
Avatar level
9,918

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

3 days ago.

cause its compatible with the i5 4590 and a decent gpu

GBR-User
Avatar level
5,828

Good

2 months ago.

great aging gpu can run games like days gone or gta5 at medium-high settings keeping 70-80fps

CAN-User
Avatar level
5,010

Terrible

3 months ago.

People say it's a pretty bad card for today's standards, but I can get 60-90 VR gaming with around 1080P resolution on most VR games like Beat Saber and Job Simulator. Normal gaming kills like a beast as well, with up to 250 fps in Minecraft and around 50-60 on more GPU-consuming games, you really don't need much better than this for gaming these days, unless you are doing raytracing, ultra settings, and super high resolution and FPS.

RUS-User
Avatar level
4,804

Good

10 months ago.

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 OC 6G

BRA-User
Avatar level
4,695

Poor

4 months ago.

It's pretty cool. It's the only one I have.

FRA-User
Avatar level
4,611

Good

8 days ago.

on laptop this graphic is useless sometimes u cant even play minecraft without lags...

ITA-User
Avatar level
4,101

Good

15 months ago.

Good for your first Build, will run AA games at high settings and AAA ones on medium. I would choose the 1050 ti tho for that extra VRAM (4gb instead of 2) and the extra CUDA cores (~750 instead of ~640)

VNM-User
Avatar level
3,753

Average

1 month ago.

cheap, good after bitcoin downgrade

NLD-User
Avatar level
3,548

Good

1 month ago.

I have a Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1050 OC edition, and it runs Minecraft very slowly. I don't know if it is because it is bottlenecking because of my 2013 Xeon, but it sucks.

PHL-User
Avatar level
3,420

Excellent

11 days ago.

Best GPU I'd ever have, this was my first gaming gpu

PAK-User
Avatar level
3,380

Poor

1 month ago.

Not worth for the Current price it is going for the maket is just Going Nuts Rn

SRB-User
Avatar level
2,820

Good

1 month ago.

In most of the game it goes fine on medium to low settings. High, Very High or Ultra... Feels like your PC is about to detonate...

AUT-User
Avatar level
2,759

Poor

2 years ago.

Very bad for gaming, recommend for homeshoolin i guess

BEL-User
Avatar level
2,556

Good

7 months ago.

i have used this card for 4 years i never had a problem

SVK-User
Avatar level
2,472

Poor

19 months ago.

if u overclock it u get more fps

ISR-User
Avatar level
2,366

Excellent

6 months ago.

I had this grafic card and its bad

NOR-User
Avatar level
2,300

Good

2 years ago.

It's an OK graphics card. I can run pretty big games like just cause 3 and 4. But struggles a little more with online games like fortnite and roblox

DNK-User
Avatar level
2,226

Good

8 months ago.

its decent i personally use it in my home server for the tv and it runs youtube vids in 4k and on good days also 8k.

NZL-User
Avatar level
2,152

Poor

4 months ago.

its enough but the memory type is diffrent than my pc

LKA-User
Avatar level
1,934

Good

11 months ago.

It is the worst I have it and the game quality is zero is see no entity shadows at all

BLR-User
Avatar level
1,736

Excellent

2 years ago.

the highest benchmark/price solution, enough on all kind of games, maybe not on 'ultra' settings

BIH-User
Avatar level
1,720

Poor

5 months ago.

if you have less than 120 dollars on hand, this is a great card although limited by its 2gb of vram

IRQ-User
Avatar level
1,506

Excellent

13 months ago.

in my opinion a gtx 1050 is a really good graphics card every game i play i can play pretty smoothly on high-ultra settings and i would get in the 40s and 50s and sometimes even the 60s

CRI-User
Avatar level
1,230

Average

2 years ago.

Nice GPU for the budget gamer. If you don't want 60 fps at every game and you are content with 40-50 fps, this GPU will do the work. Best if combined with G-Sync.

TTO-User
Avatar level
492

Excellent

3 years ago.

it works fine, ihave it...good gpu for a budget, even though a 970 would benifit more depending on you're specs.

ColdSpy
Avatar level
330

Excellent

4 years ago.

Was a fine GPU for my use case currently (gaming at medium-high 1050p). Overclocked and the performance is nearly similar to GTX 1050-Ti but lacks 4GB of GDDR5 VRAM that the GTX 1050-Ti has (GTX 1050 has 2GB of GDDR5 VRAM). If you're upgrading your GPU or is building the new rig, not worth for the price while you can just buy the RX 570 4GB and gets nearly double of performance of this GPU.

RavenBailiff
Avatar level
314

Excellent

4 years ago.

Same price as the rx 570, just 60% worse performance

Vycyous
Avatar level
196

Terrible

5 years ago.

The GTX 1050 is a terrible value. Spend less and get about 80% better performance with an AMD Radeon RX 570.

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ExecutableFiles
Avatar level
122

Poor

4 years ago.

Really not a good option due to its value compared to performance

ViceCity
Avatar level
118

Excellent

6 years ago.

great for laptop

TheWildShadow55
Avatar level
116

Good

5 years ago.

Sure it's not super amazing and can't run Real Life™ at 100 million fps at 8K, but for a budget card it's really good.

boingk
Avatar level
60

Good

4 years ago.

It's cool, quiet, and reasonably priced on the used market while still offering reasonable entry-level performance as of early 2020. I've been using mine while I clean up my heavily used 1070Ti, and I was expecting a lot worse to be honest. Its a good entry-level 1080p or 'E-Sport' card, running most things on 'low' settings at 1080p just fine. It even managed to run 'Medium' 1080p settings on Metro Exodus at 45 to 60fps, although hairworks and tesselation were both turned off. Still impressive for a budget card in a demanding title. Highly recommended card if you can find it cheap, and overclocks reasonably well too - start at about 150MHz clock and 200MHz memory in afterburner with a small bump of 5% to voltage and 7% to power.

Muxxer
Avatar level
48

Excellent

6 years ago.

I've got the Asus Dual Cooler version, and works like a charm. The GTX 1050 might not be the perfect card for everyone, and might struggle to run some games in settings higher than medium, but it works great for all E-Sport titles, and does an excellent job with older games, both AAA and Indies. Tried it in some newer games and it still holds up pretty well, compared to other better cards. It's a great GPU to pair with a cheap CPU like an i3, or a Pentium G4560.

GTX645
Avatar level
32

Poor

2 years ago.

Gpu with poor Vram size (2GB) only good for low settings on moderns games, to notice : the 3GB variant is more powerful than the 2GB variant

JetpackTurtle
Avatar level
30

Good

5 years ago.

idk why they say it has poor benching when it is the budget king of gaming...

Building_It
Avatar level
26

Good

10 months ago.

Good budget option, but in 2023, it's starting to get outdated. Most models, having 2GB, doesn't help. But, for some of the prices nowadays (As low as $50), it's not that bad.

Promaxinjer
Avatar level
20

Poor

5 years ago.

looks like a 750 Ti but changed name to 1050 because 20% better performance

JaiJai
Avatar level
20

Excellent

3 years ago.

This beats ps4, xbox one. Cheaper to buy if you already have a PC

leftlord
Avatar level
14

Excellent

2 years ago.

paired with the i5 760 the card does an amazing job!!

Electrix
Avatar level
12

Excellent

11 months ago.

Consumes only about 65 W of power under full load. It is very compact and works without additional power connector, and yet can run many favorite games at respectable 60+ FPS on 1080p.

Promoter25
Avatar level
10

Excellent

1 month ago.

G.O.A.T

Tinus899
Avatar level
8

Good

5 years ago.

good GPU if you want to play games on medium/low settings you can get 60+ FPS

zzzz
Avatar level
6

Excellent

4 years ago.

good gpu

staffydog33
Avatar level
6

Good

4 years ago.

love the low profile version.

commandertuna
Avatar level
6

Good

4 years ago.

Cheap alternative to the 1070 or 1080. Does not provide as much performance. Somewhat struggles on very GPU intensive games like Doom Eternal/2016 and Crucible at low settings, but it is playable. Other games like CS:GO and Titanfall 2 run exceedingly well on medium or high settings. It only has 2 GB of VRAM so texture streaming or medium quality textures will work, but very high resolution textures or displays will probably be incompatible. NVEnc performance (video encoding) is very weak compared to some integrated cards, but overall gaming performance is still very decent. VR performance varies heavily from game to game. Beat Saber runs excellently at 60 FPS or more while other games like Rec Room will never go above 2 FPS. Pros: - Low price, good value - Only uses 75 Watts - Good for lower-end VR titles Cons: - Mild issues running some triple A titles. - NVEnc only performs well at up to 5,600 kbps - Limited VRAM - Only one VGA, HDMI and DisplayPort each. - Terrible performance on higher-end VR titles. Performs best with one monitor at 1080p.

tjg1822
Avatar level
4

Good

8 months ago.

Works great for optimized games and lower graphics settings.

hendman112
Avatar level
2

Excellent

6 years ago.

good performance and at a reasonable price, runs all 2017-2018 games at medium at 60-45fps. Love this graphics card

BoulderPlayz
Avatar level
2

Poor

4 years ago.

really bad value

iamnotdoge
Avatar level
2

Good

10 months ago.

The GTX 1050 is slightly slower than the GTX 1050-Ti by about 10%. it's a 7 year old GPU but still can handle most games in 2023, I wouldn't recommend buying it in 2023 unless you're not a heavy gamer, it can handle games like GTA V, Just Cause 4, Minecraft, Roblox, Valorant and Fortnite in 60+ FPS 1080p/medium, It's a good budget GPU for the games listed above. in comparison it gets twice the performance of a GT 1030, Slightly better than an RX 560, Equal to the GTX 1630, Slightly slower than a GTX 1650-Ti and about half the performance of a GTX 1650 Super

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