NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 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 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 33% higher core clock speed: 1392 MHz vs 1050 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 97% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 148 Watt
Launch date 25 October 2016 vs 19 September 2014
Core clock speed 1392 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Boost clock speed 1392 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 148 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

  • Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 109 billion / sec vs 66.82 GTexel / s
  • 2.2x more pipelines: 1664 vs 768
  • Around 83% better floating-point performance: 3,920 gflops vs 2,138 gflops
  • Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9640 vs 6332
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 650
  • Around 37% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 28498 vs 20732
  • Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 105.107 vs 75.758
  • Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1225.96 vs 843.503
  • Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.737 vs 5.071
  • Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.714 vs 24.676
  • Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 490.688 vs 301.168
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11499 vs 8496
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11499 vs 8496
  • Around 21% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 369 vs 305
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 109 billion / sec vs 66.82 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1664 vs 768
Floating-point performance 3,920 gflops vs 2,138 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9640 vs 6332
PassMark - G2D Mark 766 vs 650
Geekbench - OpenCL 28498 vs 20732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 105.107 vs 75.758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1225.96 vs 843.503
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.737 vs 5.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 35.714 vs 24.676
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 490.688 vs 301.168
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11499 vs 8496
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3698 vs 3687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340 vs 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11499 vs 8496
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3698 vs 3687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340 vs 3336
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 369 vs 305

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6332
9640
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
650
766
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
20732
28498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
75.758
105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
843.503
1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.071
8.737
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.676
35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
301.168
490.688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8496
11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3687
3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3336
3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8496
11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3687
3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3336
3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
305
369
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
PassMark - G3D Mark 6332 9640
PassMark - G2D Mark 650 766
Geekbench - OpenCL 20732 28498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 75.758 105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 843.503 1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.071 8.737
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.676 35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 301.168 490.688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8496 11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3687 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3336 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8496 11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3687 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3336 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 305 369

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Maxwell 2.0
Code name GP107 GM204
Launch date 25 October 2016 19 September 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $139 $329
Place in performance rating 487 371
Price now $159.99 $407.76
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 46.07 28.59

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1392 MHz 1178 MHz
Core clock speed 1392 MHz 1050 MHz
CUDA cores 768 1664
Floating-point performance 2,138 gflops 3,920 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C 98 °C
Pipelines 768 1664
Texture fill rate 66.82 GTexel / s 109 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 148 Watt
Transistor count 3,300 million 5,200 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
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 10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pins
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 500 Watt
SLI options 4x

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB / s 224 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 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
Adaptive Vertical Sync
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround