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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
NVIDIA's slot-powered budget Pascal card: 640 CUDA cores and 2GB of GDDR5 for $110, needing no external power connector but limited by a 128-bit bus in newer, VRAM-hungry titles.
Pros
- 75W TDP draws power entirely from the PCIe slot, no connector needed
- 640 CUDA cores at up to 1455 MHz boost for capable 1080p gaming at lower settings
- $110 launch price made it an easy prebuilt and small-form-factor upgrade
- 14nm process keeps the card compact, cool, and quiet
Cons
- 2GB of GDDR5 on a 128-bit bus limits headroom in newer, texture-heavy titles
- No power connector also means no headroom for factory overclocking beyond slot power
- Outperformed by the GTX 1050 Ti in any bandwidth- or VRAM-bound scenario
- 640 CUDA cores aren't enough for sustained 1440p or 4K use
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
General
- Announced
- 2016
- Architecture
- Pascal
- Process
- 14 nm
- TDP
- 75 W
- Power connector
- None (slot-powered)
Cores & Clocks
- Shading units
- 640
- Base clock
- 1,354 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1,455 MHz
Memory
- VRAM
- 2 GB
- VRAM type
- GDDR5
- Bus width
- 128 bit
- Bandwidth
- 112 GB/s
Benchmarks
- 3DMark Time Spy
- 1,740Bottom 4%
- PassMark G3D
- 5,052Bottom 5%
Quick answers
Is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 good in 2026?
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 earns an Inno Score of 30.2/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. NVIDIA's slot-powered budget Pascal card: 640 CUDA cores and 2GB of GDDR5 for $110, needing no external power connector but limited by a 128-bit bus in newer, VRAM-hungry titles.
What are the key specs of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050?
VRAM: 2 GB · Boost clock: 1,455 MHz · TDP: 75 W · 3DMark Time Spy: 1,740
What are the closest alternatives to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are AMD Radeon RX 550, NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030, AMD Radeon RX 560 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.