NVIDIA
Geforce GTX 1050
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Overview
The GeForce GTX 1050 is NVIDIA's entry-level Pascal graphics card, launched in 2016 as the successor to the Maxwell-based GTX 950. It targets budget-conscious buyers entering the dedicated GPU market and sits at the bottom of the GTX 10-series lineup.
Built on TSMC's 16nm FinFET process, it carries 2GB of GDDR5 memory and draws all of its power from the PCIe slot — no external connector required, keeping total board power at 75W. Pascal brought meaningful efficiency gains over Maxwell, along with DirectX 12 and Vulkan support. There are no ray tracing cores or DLSS on this generation.
The GTX 1050 is suited to 1080p gaming at low-to-medium settings in mainstream titles, or as an upgrade path for systems without a dedicated GPU. Its 75W TDP and single-slot power draw make it particularly practical for small-form-factor builds and systems with modest power supplies.
Technical Specifications
Architecture & Cores
- Architecture
- Pascal
- Process Node
- Samsung 14nm
- CUDA Cores
- 640
Clock Speeds
- Base Clock
- 1,354 MHz
- Boost Clock
- 1,455 MHz
Memory
- VRAM Capacity
- 2 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR5
- Memory Bus
- 128-bit
- Memory Speed
- 7 Gbps
- Bandwidth
- 112 GB/s
Connectivity & Power
- Interface
- PCIe 3.0 x16
- TDP
- 75 W
- Power Connectors
- None
- Released
- Oct 25, 2016