NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 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 Ti (Desktop)

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 24.676 vs 21.766
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 October 2016 vs 19 July 2016
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.676 vs 21.766

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

  • Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1392 MHz
  • Around 23% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1392 MHz
  • 2x more texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 66.82 GTexel / s
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 768
  • 2x better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 2,138 gflops
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
  • 1144x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 7 GB/s
  • Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10079 vs 6332
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 747 vs 650
  • Around 71% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35369 vs 20732
  • Around 57% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 119.148 vs 75.758
  • Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1373.562 vs 843.503
  • Around 71% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.694 vs 5.071
  • Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 454.799 vs 301.168
  • Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12442 vs 8496
  • Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12442 vs 8496
  • 3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 907 vs 305
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 1392 MHz
Boost clock speed 1709 MHz vs 1392 MHz
Texture fill rate 136.7 GTexel / s vs 66.82 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 768
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops vs 2,138 gflops
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 7 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 10079 vs 6332
PassMark - G2D Mark 747 vs 650
Geekbench - OpenCL 35369 vs 20732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 119.148 vs 75.758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1373.562 vs 843.503
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.694 vs 5.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 454.799 vs 301.168
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12442 vs 8496
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3691 vs 3687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340 vs 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12442 vs 8496
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3691 vs 3687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340 vs 3336
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 907 vs 305

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6332
10079
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
650
747
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
20732
35369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
75.758
119.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
843.503
1373.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.071
8.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.676
21.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
301.168
454.799
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8496
12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3687
3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3336
3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8496
12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3687
3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3336
3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
305
907
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
PassMark - G3D Mark 6332 10079
PassMark - G2D Mark 650 747
Geekbench - OpenCL 20732 35369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 75.758 119.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 843.503 1373.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.071 8.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.676 21.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 301.168 454.799
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8496 12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3687 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3336 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8496 12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3687 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3336 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 305 907

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Pascal
Code name GP107 GP106
Launch date 25 October 2016 19 July 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $139 $299
Place in performance rating 487 356
Price now $159.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 46.07

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1392 MHz 1709 MHz
Core clock speed 1392 MHz 1506 MHz
CUDA cores 768
Floating-point performance 2,138 gflops 4,375 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 16 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C
Pipelines 768 1280
Texture fill rate 66.82 GTexel / s 136.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 3,300 million 4,400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 145 mm 250 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB / s 192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 7 GB/s 8008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready