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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is a graphics card released on May 21, 2018, built on the Pascal architecture. It has 3 GB of video memory and a 75 W board power rating. It scores 5,115 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4 and CUDA compute capability 6.1.

PascalGP107-301-A1

5/10 key specs recorded · 21 facts

Depth: 32 recorded fields, 1 feature, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified August 11, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark. Coverage: 5 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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Shading units

n/a

Memory

3 GB

Boost clock

n/a

Board power

75 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB scores 5,115 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 80.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #534), measured across 181 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 606.

PassMark G3D Mark

5,115

Rank #534
Faster than 80.7% of 2,658 GPUs
181 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 92 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 73.7% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 22 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 63.2% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 35 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 62.9% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 22 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 56.4% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 2,452 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 68.8% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB averages DirectX 9 92 fps, DirectX 10 22 fps, DirectX 11 35 fps, DirectX 12 22 fps and GPU Compute 2,452 ops/s, across 181 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 3 GB

Core clock 1392 MHz

Memory clock 1752 MHz

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.6

Max TDP 75 W

First benchmarked 2020-04-09

Samples 181

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 3 GB of memory, a core clock of 1392 MHz, DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.6, first benchmarked on 2020-04-09. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Pascal

Codename GP107-301-A1

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is based on the Pascal architecture and uses the GP107-301-A1 graphics processor.

Memory

Size 3 GB

Type Not recorded

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is equipped with 3 GB of memory.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB has a board power rating of 75 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 75 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched May 21, 2018

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce GTX 10 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB was released on May 21, 2018.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 5,115

PassMark G2D 606

Rank #534

Samples 181

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4 and CUDA compute capability 6.1.

DirectX 12 (stated by PassMark)

OpenGL 4.6

Vulkan 1.4

CUDA compute capability 6.1

Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB.

Features

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB has 1 supported feature recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.

Compute and AI

Supported: CUDA Compute capability 6.1

Support for NVIDIA's CUDA computing platform, used by many creative, scientific and AI applications.

Not listed (2)

No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB supports Tensor cores and NVLink / SLI. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB supports CUDA (Compute capability 6.1) under Compute and AI.

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050.

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB have?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB has 3 GB of video memory.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB has a board power rating of 75 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3GB scores 5,115 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 80.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #534. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 22 fps.