NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

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GeForce GTX 1050 Ti compared with GeForce RTX 5070

	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1050 Ti	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 5070
Overview
Released
Released	October 2016	March 2025
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Pascal	Blackwell
Shader cores
Shader cores	768	6,144
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,392 MHz	2,512 MHz (better)
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.	GB205 GPU; 48 SMs
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	–	TSMC 4nm (4N NVIDIA custom process); 31.1 billion transistors; 263 mm² die
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	No hardware RT Cores	48 fourth-generation RT Cores; 94 RT TFLOPS
AI cores
AI cores	No Tensor Cores	192 fifth-generation Tensor Cores; 988 AI TOPS
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	No NVIDIA DLSS support	DLSS 4.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation and Dynamic Multi Frame Generation
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	2.33 GHz
Cache
Cache	–	48 MB L2
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	4 GB GDDR5	12 GB GDDR7 (better)
Memory bus
Memory bus	128-bit	192-bit (better)
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	–	672 GB/s
Memory detail
Memory detail	MSI specifies 7,008 MHz effective GDDR5; no unambiguous maker bandwidth figure was established	GDDR7 at 28 Gbps
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	75 W (better)	250 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 5.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	Pictured MSI 4G has DisplayPort 1.4a, HDMI 2.0b and dual-link DVI-D; up to three displays	3 × DisplayPort 2.1b (UHBR20), 1 × HDMI 2.1b; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320 on MSI's stock-card specification	4K at 480 Hz or 8K at 165 Hz with DSC
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 × 300 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable, or 2 × PCIe 8-pin cables with the adapter in the box
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	300 W on MSI's specification; requirements depend on the system	650 W
Slot width
Slot width	Partner designs vary; PNY lists its stock-clock card as dual-slot	2-slot (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	No retail Founders Edition; pictured MSI 4G is 177 × 118 × 34 mm and 330 g	242 × 112 mm, 2-slot (Founders Edition)
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	MSI specifies PCIe 3.0 x16 and HDCP 2.2	1 × ninth-generation NVENC, 1 × sixth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode