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GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 980



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  • GeForce GTX 1050

    100%

  • GeForce GTX 980

    223%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1050
90 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 980 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 980
123% higher gaming performance.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 980

The GeForce GTX 980 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (52 combinations of games and resolutions).

Core Configuration
GeForce GTX 1050 GeForce GTX 980
GPU Name GP107 (GP107-300-A1) vs GM204 (GM204-400-A1)
Fab Process 14 nm vs 28 nm
Die Size 132 mm² vs 398 mm²
Transistors 3,300 million vs 5,200 million
Shaders 640 vs 2048
Compute Units 5 vs 16
Core clock 1354 MHz vs 1127 MHz
ROPs 32 vs 64
TMUs 40 vs 128

Memory Configuration
GeForce GTX 1050 GeForce GTX 980
Memory Type GDDR5 vs GDDR5
Bus Width 128 bit vs 256 bit
Memory Speed 1752 MHz

7008 MHz effective
vs 1753 MHz

7012 MHz effective
Memory Size 2048 Mb vs 4096 Mb
Additional details
GeForce GTX 1050 GeForce GTX 980
TDP 75 watts vs 165 watts
Release Date 25 Oct 2016 vs 19 Sep 2014
  • GeForce GTX 1050

    43. 30 GP/s

  • GeForce GTX 980

    72.10 GP/s

GigaPixels — higher is better

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    54.20 GT/s

  • GeForce GTX 980

    144.30 GT/s

GigaTexels — higher is better

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    112.10 GB/s

  • GeForce GTX 980

    224.40 GB/s

GB/s — higher is better

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    1733.10 GFLOPs

  • GeForce GTX 980

    4616.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs — higher is better

DX11, Max Detail, 2xMSAA 16xAF

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    76

  • GeForce GTX 980

    139

FPS (higher is better)

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    40

  • GeForce GTX 980

    80

FPS (higher is better)

Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    44

  • GeForce GTX 980

    80

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    30

  • GeForce GTX 980

    56

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    38

  • GeForce GTX 980

    132

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    35

  • GeForce GTX 980

    70

FPS (higher is better)

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    44

  • GeForce GTX 980

    69

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    40

  • GeForce GTX 980

    85

FPS (higher is better)

Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    32

  • GeForce GTX 980

    59

FPS (higher is better)

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    58

  • GeForce GTX 980

    88

FPS (higher is better)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    24

  • GeForce GTX 980

    62

FPS (higher is better)

Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    29

  • GeForce GTX 980

    57

FPS (higher is better)

Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    35

  • GeForce GTX 980

    91

FPS (higher is better)

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    31

  • GeForce GTX 980

    76

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    35

  • GeForce GTX 980

    73

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    38

  • GeForce GTX 980

    81

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra quality DirectX12 Async Compute Windows10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    35

  • GeForce GTX 980

    76

FPS (higher is better)

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    33

  • GeForce GTX 980

    60

FPS (higher is better)

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    33

  • GeForce GTX 980

    67

FPS (higher is better)

DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    24

  • GeForce GTX 980

    72

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    28

  • GeForce GTX 980

    52

FPS (higher is better)

Main Leben! quality preset- Vulkan Windows 10×64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    32

  • GeForce GTX 980

    64

FPS (higher is better)

DX11, Max Detail, 2xMSAA 16xAF

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    55

  • GeForce GTX 980

    97

FPS (higher is better)

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    26

  • GeForce GTX 980

    52

FPS (higher is better)

High Quality Mode, 8 millon samples, 2xMSAA, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    25

  • GeForce GTX 980

    50

FPS (higher is better)

Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    30

  • GeForce GTX 980

    59

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    27

  • GeForce GTX 980

    43

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    35

  • GeForce GTX 980

    83

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    22

  • GeForce GTX 980

    47

FPS (higher is better)

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    28

  • GeForce GTX 980

    49

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    26

  • GeForce GTX 980

    55

FPS (higher is better)

Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    23

  • GeForce GTX 980

    44

FPS (higher is better)

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    39

  • GeForce GTX 980

    61

FPS (higher is better)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    18

  • GeForce GTX 980

    45

FPS (higher is better)

Very high quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    16

  • GeForce GTX 980

    34

FPS (higher is better)

Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    21

  • GeForce GTX 980

    57

FPS (higher is better)

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    20

  • GeForce GTX 980

    56

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    26

  • GeForce GTX 980

    53

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    24

  • GeForce GTX 980

    54

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra quality DirectX12 Async Compute Windows10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    26

  • GeForce GTX 980

    54

FPS (higher is better)

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    25

  • GeForce GTX 980

    48

FPS (higher is better)

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    23

  • GeForce GTX 980

    48

FPS (higher is better)

DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    18

  • GeForce GTX 980

    50

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    19

  • GeForce GTX 980

    35

FPS (higher is better)

Main Leben! quality preset- Vulkan Windows 10×64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    22

  • GeForce GTX 980

    35

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    13

  • GeForce GTX 980

    30

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    10

  • GeForce GTX 980

    25

FPS (higher is better)

Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    8

  • GeForce GTX 980

    25

FPS (higher is better)

Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    5

  • GeForce GTX 980

    28

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    16

  • GeForce GTX 980

    32

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra quality DirectX12 Async Compute Windows10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    14

  • GeForce GTX 980

    31

FPS (higher is better)

Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1050

    5

  • GeForce GTX 980

    19

FPS (higher is better)

VS
GeForce GTX 1050 GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
VS
GeForce GTX 1050 GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
VS
GeForce GTX 980 GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
VS
GeForce GTX 980 Radeon RX 580
VS
Radeon RX 5500 GeForce GTX 1660
VS
GeForce GTX 1660 Radeon R9 Nano

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GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce GTX 1050

Availability

MSRP in USD: $549

No items available

Availability

MSRP in USD: $109

No items available

Key Differences

In short — GeForce GTX 980 outperforms GeForce GTX 1050 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce GTX 980 is 767 days older than GeForce GTX 1050.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

VALORANT

Resolution

1920×1080

Game Graphics

High

GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


FPS

278

100%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

FPS Winner

GeForce GTX 1050

Desktop • Oct 25th, 2016


FPS

216

71%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

Resolution

1920×1080

Game Graphics

High

GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

GeForce GTX 1050

Desktop • Oct 25th, 2016

278

FPS

216

FPS

VALORANT

618

FPS

480

FPS

League of Legends

146

FPS

115

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

157

FPS

124

FPS

Fortnite

377

FPS

297

FPS

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Theoretical Performance

GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


Pixel Fillrate

77. 82 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

155.6 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce GTX 1050

Desktop • Oct 25th, 2016


Pixel Fillrate

46.56 GPixel/s

33%

Texel Fillrate

58.2 GTexel/s

-67%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

vs

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

Sep 19th, 2014 Release Date

Oct 25th, 2016

GeForce 900 Generation GeForce 10
$549 MSRP

$109

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort Outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
2x 6-pin Power Connectors None

Desktop

Segment

Desktop

4 GB

Memory 2 GB
GDDR5 Type GDDR5
256-bit Bus 128-bit

224.4 GB/s

Bandwidth 112. 1 GB/s
1127 MHz Base Clock Speed

1354 MHz

1216 MHz Boost Clock Speed

1455 MHz

1753 MHz

Memory Clock Speed 1752 MHz

Builds Using GeForce GTX 980 or GeForce GTX 1050

VALORANT, 1080p, High

2022 HP TG01 Pavilion Gaming Desktop PC

208

FPS

$

5.26

/FPS

GeForce GTX 1050

Ryzen 5 5600G

32 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

$1,095

In Stock

Updated 78 minutes ago

2022 HP TP01 Pavilion Business Desktop PC

151

FPS

$

5.79

/FPS

GeForce GTX 1050

Core i5-10400F

16 GB, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD

Buy on Amazon

$874. 99

In Stock

Updated 78 minutes ago

ROG Strix GL10CS Gaming Desktop PC

157

FPS

$

8.91

/FPS

GeForce GTX 1050

Core i7-8700

8 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

$1,399

In Stock

Updated 79 minutes ago

2022 DELL XPS 8940 Desktop PC

181

FPS

$

7.73

/FPS

GeForce GTX 1050

Core i7-10700F

16 GB, 1 TB HDD

Buy on Amazon

$1,399.99

In Stock

Updated 78 minutes ago

2022 HP TE01 Envy Business Desktop PC

151

FPS

$

8.