NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 2.5x more core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 513 MHz
  • 4.7x more texture fill rate: 58.2 GTexel / s vs 12.31 GTexel / s
  • 6.7x more pipelines: 640 vs 96
  • 8.2x better floating-point performance: 1,862 gflops vs 228.1 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
  • Around 91% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 143 Watt
  • 12.8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 320 MB
  • 4.4x more memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 1584 MHz
  • 12.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5029 vs 412
  • 14.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 457 vs 31
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 October 2016 vs 12 February 2007
Core clock speed 1290 MHz vs 513 MHz
Texture fill rate 58.2 GTexel / s vs 12.31 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 96
Floating-point performance 1,862 gflops vs 228.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 143 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 320 MB
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz vs 1584 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5029 vs 412
PassMark - G2D Mark 457 vs 31

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5029
412
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
457
31
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
PassMark - G3D Mark 5029 412
PassMark - G2D Mark 457 31
Geekbench - OpenCL 17466
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 67.209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 799.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 223.683
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7043
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7043
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 122

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Tesla
Code name GP107 G80
Launch date 25 October 2016 12 February 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $109 $269
Place in performance rating 586 1640
Price now $124.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 56.95

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1392 MHz
Core clock speed 1290 MHz 513 MHz
CUDA cores 640
Floating-point performance 1,862 gflops 228.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C
Pipelines 640 96
Texture fill rate 58.2 GTexel / s 12.31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 143 Watt
Transistor count 3,300 million 681 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Height 4.38" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm) 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Width 2-slot

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 10.0
OpenGL 4.5 3.3
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 320 MB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB / s 63.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 320 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 1584 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GameStream
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
VR Ready