NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 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 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 24% higher core clock speed: 1392 MHz vs 1127 MHz
  • Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1392 MHz vs 1178 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6332 vs 6111
  • Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 20732 vs 18734
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 75.758 vs 73.733
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 843.503 vs 792.44
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.071 vs 4.888
  • Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 301.168 vs 200.825
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8496 vs 7218
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8496 vs 7218
  • Around 88% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 305 vs 162
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 October 2016 vs 22 January 2015
Core clock speed 1392 MHz vs 1127 MHz
Boost clock speed 1392 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 120 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6332 vs 6111
Geekbench - OpenCL 20732 vs 18734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 75.758 vs 73.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 843.503 vs 792.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.071 vs 4.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 301.168 vs 200.825
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8496 vs 7218
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3336 vs 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8496 vs 7218
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3336 vs 3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 305 vs 162

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

  • Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 72 billion / sec vs 66.82 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 768
  • Around 13% better floating-point performance: 2,413 gflops vs 2,138 gflops
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 673 vs 650
  • Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.338 vs 24.676
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 72 billion / sec vs 66.82 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1024 vs 768
Floating-point performance 2,413 gflops vs 2,138 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 673 vs 650
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 35.338 vs 24.676
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3691 vs 3687
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3691 vs 3687

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6332
6111
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
650
673
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
20732
18734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
75.758
73.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
843.503
792.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.071
4.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.676
35.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
301.168
200.825
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8496
7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3687
3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3336
3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8496
7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3687
3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3336
3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
305
162
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
PassMark - G3D Mark 6332 6111
PassMark - G2D Mark 650 673
Geekbench - OpenCL 20732 18734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 75.758 73.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 843.503 792.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.071 4.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.676 35.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 301.168 200.825
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8496 7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3687 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3336 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8496 7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3687 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3336 3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 305 162

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Maxwell 2.0
Code name GP107 GM206
Launch date 25 October 2016 22 January 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $139 $199
Place in performance rating 487 514
Price now $159.99 $229.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 46.07 34.63

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1392 MHz 1178 MHz
Core clock speed 1392 MHz 1127 MHz
CUDA cores 768 1024
Floating-point performance 2,138 gflops 2,413 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C
Pipelines 768 1024
Texture fill rate 66.82 GTexel / s 72 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 3,300 million 2,940 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 145 mm 9.5" (24.1 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pins
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
SLI options 2x

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB / s 112 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7 GB/s 7.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost