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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 with Max-Q Design

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 with Max-Q Design is a laptop graphics processor, built on the Pascal architecture. It has 4 GB of video memory. It scores 3,904 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4 and CUDA compute capability 6.1.

PascalMobile

3/10 key specs recorded · 16 facts

Depth: 27 recorded fields, 1 feature, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified July 25, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark. Coverage: 3 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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Shading units

n/a

Memory

4 GB

Boost clock

n/a

Board power

n/a

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 with Max-Q Design scores 3,904 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 77.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #647), measured across 402 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 276.

PassMark G3D Mark

3,904

Rank #647
Faster than 77.1% of 2,658 GPUs
402 samples

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

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 59 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 62.1% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 18 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 60.4% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 32 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 60.9% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 17 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 50.5% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 1,559 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 59.7% 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 with Max-Q Design averages DirectX 9 59 fps, DirectX 10 18 fps, DirectX 11 32 fps, DirectX 12 17 fps and GPU Compute 1,559 ops/s, across 402 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 4 GB

Core clock 999 MHz

Memory clock 1752 MHz

DirectX 12

First benchmarked 2018-08-20

Samples 402

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 with Max-Q Design states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 4 GB of memory, a core clock of 999 MHz and DirectX 12, first benchmarked on 2018-08-20. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Pascal

Codename Not recorded

Chip Not recorded

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Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 with Max-Q Design is based on the Pascal architecture.

Memory

Size 4 GB

Type Not recorded

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 with Max-Q Design is equipped with 4 GB of memory.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 with Max-Q Design it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) Not recorded

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

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Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched Not recorded

Launch price Not recorded

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Segment Laptop

Series GeForce GTX 10 Series

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 3,904

PassMark G2D 276

Rank #647

Samples 402

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 with Max-Q Design supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4 and CUDA compute capability 6.1.

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.6

Vulkan 1.4

CUDA compute capability 6.1

Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 with Max-Q Design.

Features

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 with Max-Q Design 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 with Max-Q Design supports Tensor cores and NVLink / SLI. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 with Max-Q Design supports CUDA (Compute capability 6.1) under Compute and AI.

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 with Max-Q Design is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 with Max-Q Design (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 with Max-Q Design (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 with Max-Q Design have?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 with Max-Q Design has 4 GB of video memory.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 with Max-Q Design?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 with Max-Q Design scores 3,904 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 77.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #647. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 17 fps.