NVIDIA Announces GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and GTX 1050 Pascal Cards – Custom Models Round-Up Feat MSI, ASUS, EVGA and More

Today, NVIDIA would announce their brand new GeForce GTX 1050 series graphics cards for budget gamers. The new graphics cards are based on the Pascal core architecture that delivers a leap in gaming performance over Maxwell based graphics cards along with increased power efficiency.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and GeForce GTX 1050 Announced

Both cards, the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and GeForce GTX 1050 utilize the GP107 GPU. While the announcement is planned for today, both cards won't be available in retail market till 25th of October. The reference solutions will feature a very nice SFF design that won't use any external power connector and would be able to run on an existing power supply with ease.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti – Official Price of $139 US, October 25th Launch

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti features 768 CUDA Cores. The core comes packed with 48 TMUs and 32 ROPs. The chip is clocked at 1318 MHz core and 1392 MHz boost frequency which is just around a 250 MHz jump over the GM107 GPU. The texture fill rate of the chip goes up to 84 GTexel/s (almost twice of GM107).The pixel fill rate is maintained at 41.3 GPixel/s that is a good increase over Maxwell. The card should also feature 4 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 7 GHz. This gives us 112 GB/s bandwidth along the narrow 128-bit bus interface.

The card will be priced at $139 US which is a really sweet price considering that it only costs $20 more than the Radeon RX 460 yet going to be faster. The card will feature the same TDP as the Radeon RX 460’s Polaris 11 core, coupled with all the enhancements Pascal brings for gamers. This card will be available in various custom models on launch and we can expect those to follow the reference pricing.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 – Official Price of $109 US, October 25th Launch

Moving on to the next variant, we have the GTX 1050. The non-Ti variant features a cut down, Pascal based GP107 core. It has specifications configured at 640 CUDA cores, 40 TMUs and 32 ROPs.  It will have a few bits disabled here and there, the clock speeds are maintained at 1354 MHz and 1455 MHz boost clocks. The card will be available in both 2 GB models.

Priced at $109 US, this model can be a effective solution against the Radeon RX 460 which has the same price point. The card will also feature a 75W TDP which means no extra power connector would be required. We will see some models not even closing in on the 75W limit while boosting past the reference clock speeds. Display connectors for the reference variants include three DP 1.4a, a single HDMI and a single DVI connector.

NVIDIA GP107 Utilizes Samsung's 14nm FinFET Process Node

One of the major changes that the GP107 GPU gets is the 14nm FinFET node. The chip is manufactured by Samsung and is the only chip in the Pascal lineup to feature a different process node compared to the rest of the lineup. The 14nm FinFET node may be one reason why we are looking at lower clocks on the GP107 GPU compared to the rest of the lineup. But at the same time, these cards are constrained due to their 75W TDP.

The switch to 14nm FF is still an interesting move and we look forward to see the overclocking and power efficiency results of Pascal 14nm process compared to AMD's GCN 14nm process designs.

NVIDIA GeForce 10 Pascal Family

Graphics Card Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080	NVIDIA Titan X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti	NVIDIA Titan Xp
Graphics Core	GP107	GP107	GP107	GP106 / GP104	GP106	GP106 / GP104	GP104	GP104	GP104	GP102	GP102	GP102
Process Node	14nm FinFET	14nm FinFET	14nm FinFET	16nm FinFET	16nm FinFET	16nm FinFET	16nm FinFET	16nm FinFET	16nm FinFET	16nm FinFET	16nm FinFET	16nm FinFET
Die Size	132mm2	132mm2	132mm2	200mm2	200mm2	200mm2	314mm2	314mm2	314mm2	471mm2	471mm2	471mm2
Transistors	3.3 Billion	3.3 Billion	3.3 Billion	4.4 Billion	4.4 Billion	4.4 Billion	7.2 Billion	7.2 Billion	7.2 Billion	12 Billion	12 Billion	12 Billion
CUDA Cores	640 CUDA Cores	768 CUDA Cores	768 CUDA Cores	1152 CUDA Cores	1280 CUDA Cores	1280 CUDA Cores	1920 CUDA Cores	2432 CUDA Cores	2560 CUDA Cores	3584 CUDA Cores	3584 CUDA Cores	3840 CUDA Cores
Base Clock	1354 MHz	1392 MHz	1290 MHz	1506 MHz	1506 MHz	1506 MHz	1506 MHz	1607 MHz	1607 MHz	1417 MHz	1480 MHz	1480 MHz
Boost Clock	1455 MHz	1518 MHz	1392 MHz	1708 MHz	1708 MHz	1708 MHz	1683 MHz	1683 MHz	1733 MHz	1530 MHz	1583 MHz	1582
FP32 Compute	1.8 TFLOPs	2,3 TFLOPs	2.1 TFLOPs	4.0 TFLOPs	4.4 TFLOPs	4.4 TFLOPs	6.5 TFLOPs	8.1 TFLOPs	9.0 TFLOPs	11 TFLOPs	11.5 TFLOPs	12.5 TFLOPs
VRAM	2 GB GDDR5	3 GB GDDR5	4 GB GDDR5	3 GB GDDR5	6 GB GDDR5	6 GB GDDR5/X	8 GB GDDR5/X	8 GB GDDR5	8 GB GDDR5X	12 GB GDDR5X	11 GB GDDR5X	12 GB GDDR5X
Memory Speed	7 Gbps	7 Gbps	7 Gbps	8 Gbps	8 Gbps	9 Gbps / 10 Gbps	8 Gbps	8 Gbps	11 Gbps	10 Gbps	11 Gbps	11.4 Gbps
Memory Bandwidth	112 GB/s	84 GB/s	112 GB/s	192 GB/s	160 GB/s	224 GB/s / 240 GB/s	256 GB/s	256 GB/s	352 GB/s	480 GB/s	484 GB/s	547 GB/s
Bus Interface	128-bit bus	96-bit bus	128-bit bus	192-bit bus	160-bit bus	192-bit bus	256-bit bus	256-bit bus	256-bit bus	384-bit bus	352-bit bus	384-bit bus
Power Connector	None	None	None	Single 6-Pin Power	Single 6-Pin Power	Single 6-Pin Power	Single 8-Pin Power	Single 8-Pin Power	Single 8-Pin Power	8+6 Pin Power	8+6 Pin Power	8+6 Pin Power
TDP	75W	75W	75W	120W	120W	120W	150W	180W	180W	250W	250W	250W
Display Outputs	1x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI	1x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI	1x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI	3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI	3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI	3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI	3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI	3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI	3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI	3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI	3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b	3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b
Launch Date	October 2016	May 2018	October 2016	September 2016	August 2018	July 2016	June 2016	October 2017	May 2016	August 2016	March 2017	April 2017
Launch Price	$109 US	$119 US-$129 US	$139 US	$199 US	TBD	$249 US	$349 US	$449 US	$499 US	$1200 US	$699 US	$1200 US

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and GTX 1050 Gaming Performance Results

Coming to the performance numbers, the GeForce GTX 1050 official performance slides reveal it to be up to 2.5x faster than the GTX 650. Now its really odd that NVIDIA would use such an old graphics card to make a comparison with their 2016 card. But, there are many users who still own the card and NVIDIA is basically showing the upgrade advantages that their new cards bring to users who are still running GTX 650 class cards.

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Overall, the GTX 1050 will compete against the Radeon RX 460 as mentioned above. The performance results for the GTX 1050 Ti are more interesting since they are covered by a Chinese review site. The site used a AIB model, manufactured by GALAX and compared it against the GTX 950 and GTX 960 cards.

GALAX GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Dual Graphics Card:

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The card packs a custom design PCB that does use a 6-Pin power connector. It comes with a 3+1 phase PWM that offers superior overclocking performance compared to reference variants. Display outputs include dual DVI and a single HDMI / DP 1.4 port. The cooler is a dual fan design that pushes heat to a large aluminum based fin block. Heat is dissipated from the core and VRAM through a single heatpipe that makes direct contact with their surface.

This variant is also factory overclocked and comes with faster clock speeds of 1354 MHz base and 1468 MHz boost. These are a good improvement over the reference clocks of 1290 MHz base and 1382 MHz boost. It's time to talk about gaming performance and from the looks of it, the card is even faster than the GTX 960 that is a good sign for budget builders. Not only is the card more power efficient but also faster than the GM206 Maxwell card.

GALAX GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Synthetic Performance:

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GALAX GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Gaming Performance:

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Gainward GeForce GTX 1050 Ti EX Gaming Performance:

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These results do look great but the more surprising fact is that the card runs cool too. During Furmark load test, the GPU didn't break the 56C barrier even when it was running past its boost clock. Total system power consumption at idle was rated at 73W and 170W at full load. This indicates that you won't need a PSU that is greater than 500W when using a Pascal based GP107 card.

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Series Graphics Cards (Link: 1050 Ti / 1050):

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ASUS GeForce GTX 1050 Series Graphics Cards (Link: 1050 Ti / 1050):

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Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Series Graphics Cards (Link: 1050 Ti / 1050):

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EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 Series Graphics Cards (Link: 1050 Ti / 1050):

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ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1050 Series Graphics Cards (Link: 1050 Ti / 1050):

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Inno3D GeForce GTX 1050 Series Graphics Cards  (Link: 1050 Ti / 1050):

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GALAX GeForce GTX 1050 Series Graphics Cards (Link: 1050 Ti / 1050):

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PNY GeForce 1050 Series Graphics Cards (Link: 1050 Ti / 1050):

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ONDA GeForce 1050 Series Graphics Cards (Link: 1050 Ti / 1050):

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NVIDIA GeForce 1050 Ti and 1050 Custom Variants Sightings:

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