So sánh gtx 1050 và gtx 960m năm 2024

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores640640CUDA cores640640Core clock speed1290 MHz1096 MHzBoost clock speed1392 MHz1202 MHzNumber of transistors3,300 million1,870 millionManufacturing process technology14 nm28 nmPower consumption (TDP)75 Watt75 WattMaximum GPU temperature97 °Cno dataTexture fill rate58.2047.04Floating-point performance1,862 gflops1,505 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1050 and GeForce GTX 960M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datamedium sizedBus supportPCIe 3.0PCI Express 3.0InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)Length5.7" (14.5 cm)no dataHeight4.38" (11.1 cm)no dataWidth2-slotno dataRecommended system power (PSU)300 Wattno dataSupplementary power connectorsNoneno dataSLI options-+SLI-no data

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GBMemory bus width128 Bit128 BitMemory clock speed7008 MHz2500 MHzMemory bandwidth112 GB/s80 GB/sShared memory--

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsDP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVINo outputsMulti monitor support+no dataVGA аnalog display supportno data+DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportno data+HDMI++HDCP2.2no dataG-SYNC support+no data

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream++GeForce ShadowPlayno data+GPU Boost3.02.0GameWorksno data+H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoderno data+Optimusno data+BatteryBoostno data+VR Ready+no dataAnsel++

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)Shader Model6.45.1OpenGL4.54.5OpenCL1.21.2Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126CUDA++

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

1050 outperforms 960M by 49% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

1050 outperforms 960M by 49% in Passmark.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

1050 outperforms 960M by 62% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

1050 outperforms 960M by 57% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

1050 outperforms 960M by 36% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

1050 outperforms 960M by 57% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

1050 outperforms 960M by 55% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

1050 outperforms 960M by 75% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

1050 outperforms 960M by 44% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

1050 outperforms 960M by 57% in Unigine Heaven 3.0.

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of GeForce GTX 1050 and GeForce GTX 960M. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 279 Mh/s 175 Mh/s Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.85 Gh/s no data Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.3 kh/s no data Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 143.76 Sol/s no data

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p140−150

+47.4%

95

−47.4%

Full HD45

+25%

36

−25%

1440p24

+60%

15

−60%

4K22

+69.2%

13

−69.2%

Full HD Low Preset

Cyberpunk 207720−22 14−16

Full HD Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey38

+52%

25

−52%

Assassin's Creed Valhalla21−24

+75%

12−14

−75%

Battlefield 556

+47.4%

38

−47.4%

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare34

+41.7%

24−27

−41.7%

Cyberpunk 207720−22

+42.9%

14−16

−42.9%

Far Cry 530−35

+21.4%

28

−21.4%

Far Cry New Dawn41

+51.9%

27

−51.9%

Forza Horizon 445−50

+28.6%

35

−28.6%

Hitman 335−40

+59.1%

21−24

−59.1%

Horizon Zero Dawn27−30

+58.8%

16−18

−58.8%

Red Dead Redemption 231

+107%

14−16

−107%

Shadow of the Tomb Raider27

+12.5%

24

−12.5%

Watch Dogs: Legion24−27

+60%

14−16

−60%

Full HD High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey26

+36.8%

19

−36.8%

Assassin's Creed Valhalla21−24

+75%

12−14

−75%

Battlefield 543

+38.7%

31

−38.7%

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare24

+0%

24−27

+0%

Cyberpunk 207720−22

+42.9%

14−16

−42.9%

Far Cry 530−35

+36%

25

−36%

Far Cry New Dawn38

+52%

25

−52%

Forza Horizon 449

+58.1%

31

−58.1%

Hitman 335−40

+59.1%

21−24

−59.1%

Horizon Zero Dawn27−30

+58.8%

16−18

−58.8%

Metro Exodus17

+41.7%

12

−41.7%

Red Dead Redemption 29

−66.7%

14−16

+66.7%

Shadow of the Tomb Raider24

+26.3%

19

−26.3%

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt38

+58.3%

24

−58.3%

Watch Dogs: Legion24−27

+60%

14−16

−60%

Full HD Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey15

+36.4%

11

−36.4%

Assassin's Creed Valhalla21−24

+75%

12−14

−75%

Battlefield 536

+38.5%

26

−38.5%

Cyberpunk 207720−22

+42.9%

14−16

−42.9%

Far Cry 530−35

+47.8%

23

−47.8%

Far Cry New Dawn35

+52.2%

23

−52.2%

Forza Horizon 434

+36%

25

−36%

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt20

+42.9%

14

−42.9%

Watch Dogs: Legion24−27

+60%

14−16

−60%

1440p High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare18−20

+46.2%

12−14

−46.2%

Hitman 320−22

+42.9%

14−16

−42.9%

Horizon Zero Dawn18−20

+28.6%

14−16

−28.6%

Metro Exodus10−12

+57.1%

7−8

−57.1%

Red Dead Redemption 29−10

+50%

6−7

−50%

Shadow of the Tomb Raider16−18

+45.5%

11

−45.5%

1440p Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey12−14

+62.5%

8

−62.5%

Assassin's Creed Valhalla9−10

+200%

3−4

−200%

Battlefield 527

+58.8%

17

−58.8%

Cyberpunk 20777−8

+75%

4−5

−75%

Far Cry 521−24

+40%

15

−40%

Far Cry New Dawn25

+66.7%

15

−66.7%

Forza Horizon 424−27

+33.3%

18

−33.3%

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt14−16

+75%

8−9

−75%

Watch Dogs: Legion7−8

+75%

4−5

−75%

4K High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare9−10

+50%

6−7

−50%

Hitman 312−14

+50%

8−9

−50%

Horizon Zero Dawn10−11

+25%

8−9

−25%

Metro Exodus6−7

+100%

3−4

−100%

Red Dead Redemption 27−8

+40%

5−6

−40%

Shadow of the Tomb Raider7−8

+75%

4−5

−75%

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt15

+50%

10

−50%

4K Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey8−9

+100%

4−5

−100%

Assassin's Creed Valhalla6−7

+100%

3−4

−100%

Battlefield 512−14

+333%

3

−333%

Cyberpunk 20772−3

+100%

1−2

−100%

Far Cry 510−11

+42.9%

7

−42.9%

Far Cry New Dawn11

+83.3%

6

−83.3%

Forza Horizon 416−18

+45.5%

10−12

−45.5%

Watch Dogs: Legion5−6

+150%

2−3

−150%


This is how GTX 1050 and GTX 960M compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

  • GTX 1050 is 47.4% faster than GTX 960M

1080p resolution:

  • GTX 1050 is 25% faster than GTX 960M

1440p resolution:

  • GTX 1050 is 60% faster than GTX 960M

4K resolution:

  • GTX 1050 is 69.2% faster than GTX 960M

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Battlefield 5, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1050 is 333% faster than the GTX 960M.
  • in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 960M is 66.7% faster than the GTX 1050.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 1050 is ahead in 66 tests (97%)
  • GTX 960M is ahead in 1 test (1%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (1%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 13.03 8.76 Recency 25 October 2016 12 March 2015 Memory bandwidth 112 80 Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm

The GeForce GTX 1050 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 960M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 960M is a notebook one.


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