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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
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Released August, 2012
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
- 823 MHz
- 2 GB GDDR5
6.6 Out of 10
by techPowerUp! (Sep, 2012)The game graphics are, even today, top notch, yet the game still runs well on most computers.
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Released October, 2016
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
- 1.4 GHz
- 2 GB GDDR5
6.8 Out of 10
by www.tweaktown.com (Oct, 2016)NVIDIA's impressive Pascal architecture has some nice tricks under its 16nm FinFET hood, but the Twin Frozr VI cooler is 40% quieter than its predecessor (the Twin Frozr V), and it also keeps the card 20% cooler.
GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 660 vs 1050 among all GPUs
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more | |
Graphics | |
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| T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more | |
Computing | |
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| Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more | |
Noise and Power | |
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| TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more | |
| 6.8 | Overall Score |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much better T-Rex score | 3,347.27 | vs | 1,286.25 | More than 2.5x better T-Rex score | |||
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| Higher memory bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s | vs | 112.1 GB/s | Around 60% higher memory bandwidth | |||
| More texture mapping units | 96 | vs | 40 | 56 more texture mapping units | |||
| More shading units | 1,152 | vs | 640 | 512 more shading units | |||
| Slightly wider memory bus | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit | 2x wider memory bus | |||
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| Much higher clock speed | 1,354 MHz | vs | 823 MHz | Around 65% higher clock speed | |||
| Much higher turbo clock speed | 1,455 MHz | vs | 888 MHz | Around 65% higher turbo clock speed | |||
| Higher effective memory clock speed | 7,008 MHz | vs | 5,600 MHz | More than 25% higher effective memory clock speed | |||
| Higher pixel rate | 46.56 GPixel/s | vs | 19.75 GPixel/s | More than 2.2x higher pixel rate | |||
| Better video composition score | 69.53 frames/s | vs | 35.42 frames/s | More than 95% better video composition score | |||
| Higher memory clock speed | 1,752 MHz | vs | 1,400 MHz | More than 25% higher memory clock speed | |||
| Better PassMark direct compute score | 2,863 | vs | 1,948 | More than 45% better PassMark direct compute score | |||
| Lower TDP | 75W | vs | 130W | More than 40% lower TDP | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of GeForce GTX 660 vs 1050
Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench
Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench
T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
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