GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Vs 960 [in 9 Benchmarks] - Technical City

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	331	342
Place by popularity	7	53
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	14.07	9.13
Power efficiency	15.13	9.11
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code name	GP107	GM206
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	25 October 2016 (8 years ago)	22 January 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$139	$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1050 Ti has 54% better value for money than GTX 960.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	768	1024
Core clock speed	1291 MHz	1127 MHz
Boost clock speed	1392 MHz	1178 MHz
Number of transistors	3,300 million	2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	120 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	66.82	75.39
Floating-point processing power	2.138 TFLOPS	2.413 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	48	64

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	no data	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	241 mm
Height	no data	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)	no data	400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
SLI options	-	+

VRAM capacity and type

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

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	7.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	112 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor support	no data	4 displays
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	-	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
G-SYNC support	+	+
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal

Supported technologies

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

GameStream	-	+
GeForce ShadowPlay	-	+
GPU Boost	no data	2.0
GameWorks	-	+
VR Ready	+	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	+
CUDA	+	+