NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060

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GeForce GTX 1050 Ti compared with GeForce GTX 1060

	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1050 Ti	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1060
Overview
Released
Released	October 2016	July 2016
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Pascal	Pascal
Shader cores
Shader cores	768	1,280 or 1,152
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,392 MHz	1,708 MHz or –
Architecture
Architecture	Stock-clock GPU figures from MSI's GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4G datasheet, whose card is pictured. First sale on 25 October 2016 is confirmed by GamersNexus launch coverage; the original NVIDIA launch page could not be read.	Main figures and photo describe the original 6 GB Founders Edition. The 3 GB card has 1152 CUDA cores rather than 1280. Later 9 Gbps GDDR5 and GDDR5X cards were partner designs; unpublished general revision figures remain blank in their configurations.
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	–	16 nm FinFET (original GP106)
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	No hardware RT Cores	No dedicated RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	No Tensor Cores	No Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	No NVIDIA DLSS support	No NVIDIA DLSS
Base clock
Base clock	1,290 MHz for the stock specification; PNY's separate OC model is 1,366 MHz base and 1,480 MHz boost	1506 MHz base and 1708 MHz boost for the original 6 GB and stock-clock 3 GB cards. MSI GAMING X+ 6G (9 Gbps GDDR5) has 1708 MHz boost in Silent Mode, 1784 MHz Gaming Mode and 1809 MHz OC Mode. MSI ARMOR 6GD5X OC specifies 1544 MHz base and 1759 MHz boost; these factory OC figures are not assigned to every GDDR5X card.
Cache
Cache	–	1536 KB L2 cache (original GP106)
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	4 GB GDDR5	6 GB GDDR5, 3 GB GDDR5 or 6 GB GDDR5X
Memory bus
Memory bus	128-bit	192-bit (better)
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	–	192 GB/s or –
Memory detail
Memory detail	MSI specifies 7,008 MHz effective GDDR5; no unambiguous maker bandwidth figure was established	Original 6 GB and 3 GB cards have 8 Gbps GDDR5, 192-bit bus and 192 GB/s bandwidth. NVIDIA confirms the later 9 Gbps GDDR5 refresh; MSI GAMING X+ lists 9026 MHz Gaming/Silent and 9126 MHz OC memory speed. MSI ARMOR 6GD5X OC verifies 6 GB GDDR5X, 192-bit bus and 8008 MHz memory speed, but publishes no bandwidth figure. Later revisions' first-sale dates are unverified.
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	75 W	120 W or –
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	Pictured MSI 4G has DisplayPort 1.4a, HDMI 2.0b and dual-link DVI-D; up to three displays	Original Founders Edition has 3 × DisplayPort 1.3/1.4, HDMI 2.0b and dual-link DVI; partner outputs vary
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320 on MSI's stock-card specification	7680 × 4320 (PNY stock 3 GB specification)
Power connector
Power connector	PNY's stock-clock model takes PCIe slot power; its separate OC model requires one 6-pin. Check the selected partner design.	1 × PCIe 6-pin on the original Founders Edition and stock PNY 3 GB; MSI GAMING X+ uses 1 × 8-pin, and MSI ARMOR GDDR5X OC uses 1 × 8-pin plus 1 × 6-pin
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	300 W on MSI's specification; requirements depend on the system	400 W (PNY stock 3 GB, MSI GAMING X+ and MSI ARMOR GDDR5X OC)
Slot width
Slot width	Partner designs vary; PNY lists its stock-clock card as dual-slot	2-slot original Founders Edition; partner cards vary
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	No retail Founders Edition; pictured MSI 4G is 177 × 118 × 34 mm and 330 g	–
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	MSI specifies PCIe 3.0 x16 and HDCP 2.2	–