Component comparison

GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce RTX 2050

GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce RTX 2050 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce GTX 1050
  • + Memory clock (MHz) (+5258 MHz)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+30 W)
  • + Die size (mm²) (+68 mm²)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+6.72 GPixel/s)
B GeForce RTX 2050
  • + Release year (+4)
  • + VRAM (GB) (+2 GB)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-6 nm)
  • + Transistors (M) (+5,400M)
  • + CUDA cores (+1280)
  • + TMUs (+16)
  • + ROPs (+8)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+2.52 TFLOPS)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+21.48 GTexel/s)
  • + Energy efficiency (+18.6)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+2897)
  • + Geekbench OpenCL (+26850)
  • + Geekbench Vulkan (+27264)
  • + Normalized score (+23.9)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce GTX 1050
 Component B
GeForce RTX 2050
Release year 2017 2021 (+4)
VRAM (GB) 2 GB 4 GB (+2 GB)
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz) 7008 MHz (+5258 MHz) 1750 MHz
Bandwidth (GB/s) 112 GB/s 112 GB/s
Memory bus (bit) 128 bit (+64 bit) 64 bit
TGP / TDP (W) 75 W (+30 W) 45 W
Lithography (nm) 14 nm 8 nm (-6 nm)
Transistors (M) 3,300M 8,700M (+5,400M)
Die size (mm²) 132 mm² (+68 mm²) 200 mm²
Base clock (MHz) — 735 MHz
Boost clock (MHz) — 1245 MHz
CUDA cores 768 2,048 (+1280)
TMUs 48 64 (+16)
ROPs 24 32 (+8)
RT cores — 32
Tensor cores — 64
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 2.21 TFLOPS 4.73 TFLOPS (+2.52 TFLOPS)
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 46.56 GPixel/s (+6.72 GPixel/s) 39.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 58.20 GTexel/s 79.68 GTexel/s (+21.48 GTexel/s)
Energy efficiency 11.0 29.6 (+18.6)
PassMark (overall) 5,048 —
3DMark Time Spy — 3,221
3DMark Fire Strike 6,068 8,965 (+2897)
Geekbench OpenCL 17,429 44,279 (+26850)
Geekbench Vulkan 15,766 43,030 (+27264)
Normalized score 31.3 55.2 (+23.9)

Only in component B

DLSS ReBAR

In both

CUDA

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce GTX 1050 GeForce RTX 2050 Delta
A Plague Tale Requiem 16 FPS 21 FPS 31.3% (B)
Alan Wake Remastered 27 FPS 50 FPS 85.2% (B)
Assassin´s Creed Valhalla 14 FPS 21 FPS 50% (B)
Atlas Fallen 26 FPS 43 FPS 65.4% (B)
Atomic Heart 20 FPS 30 FPS 50% (B)
Back 4 Blood 40 FPS 66 FPS 65% (B)
Baldur's Gate 3 16 FPS 30 FPS 87.5% (B)
Battlefield 5 51 FPS ≈ 70 FPS 37.3% (B)
CS:GO 240 FPS ≈ 240 FPS ≈
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 21 FPS 18 FPS +16.7% (A)
Company of Heroes 3 31 FPS 27 FPS +14.8% (A)
Counter-Strike 2 65 FPS ≈ 74 FPS 13.8% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 24 FPS 18 FPS +33.3% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 14 FPS 19 FPS 35.7% (B)
Days Gone 32 FPS 45 FPS 40.6% (B)
Dead Island 2 34 FPS 31 FPS +9.7% (A)
Dead Space Remake 11 FPS 20 FPS 81.8% (B)
Death Stranding 30 FPS 50 FPS 66.7% (B)
Diablo 4 44 FPS 39 FPS +12.8% (A)
Dota 2 126 FPS 71 FPS +77.5% (A)
Dying Light 2 14 FPS 24 FPS 71.4% (B)
Elden Ring 27 FPS 39 FPS 44.4% (B)
Elex 2 17 FPS 32 FPS 88.2% (B)
Escape from Tarkov 54 FPS 70 FPS 29.6% (B)
F1 2021 37 FPS 66 FPS 78.4% (B)
F1 22 38 FPS 55 FPS 44.7% (B)
F1 23 36 FPS 37 FPS 2.8% (B)
Far Cry 5 39 FPS 35 FPS +11.4% (A)
Far Cry 6 24 FPS 43 FPS 79.2% (B)
Farming Simulator 22 44 FPS 63 FPS 43.2% (B)
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 18 FPS 25 FPS 38.9% (B)
Flight Simulator 2020 15 FPS 19 FPS 26.7% (B)
Fortnite 132 FPS ≈ 95 FPS +38.9% (A)
Forza Horizon 4 55 FPS ≈ 70 FPS 27.3% (B)
Forza Horizon 5 35 FPS 53 FPS 51.4% (B)
GRID Legends 40 FPS 61 FPS 52.5% (B)
GTA V 140 FPS ≈ 140 FPS ≈
GTA V 66 FPS 74 FPS 12.1% (B)
Gears Tactics 39 FPS 55 FPS 41% (B)
God of War 16 FPS 29 FPS 81.3% (B)
Guardians of the Galaxy 29 FPS 47 FPS 62.1% (B)
Halo Infinite 25 FPS 41 FPS 64% (B)
High On Life 27 FPS 35 FPS 29.6% (B)
Hitman 3 32 FPS 59 FPS 84.4% (B)
Hogwarts Legacy 17 FPS 26 FPS 52.9% (B)
Hunt Showdown 28 FPS 54 FPS 92.9% (B)
Mafia Definitive Edition 27 FPS 39 FPS 44.4% (B)
Metro Exodus 19 FPS ≈ 35 FPS 84.2% (B)
Monster Hunter Stories 2 72 FPS 90 FPS 25% (B)
Need for Speed Unbound 23 FPS 28 FPS 21.7% (B)
Outriders 27 FPS 34 FPS 25.9% (B)
Overwatch 240 FPS ≈ 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS ≈ 140 FPS ≈
Rainbow Six Extraction 36 FPS 66 FPS 83.3% (B)
Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart 16 FPS 18 FPS 12.5% (B)
Resident Evil 4 Remake 24 FPS 17 FPS +41.2% (A)
Resident Evil Village 23 FPS 58 FPS 152.2% (B)
Returnal 20 FPS 21 FPS 5% (B)
Riders Republic 26 FPS 38 FPS 46.2% (B)
Serious Sam 4 15 FPS 32 FPS 113.3% (B)
Sons of the Forest 21 FPS 34 FPS 61.9% (B)
Spider-Man Miles Morales 29 FPS 32 FPS 10.3% (B)
Star Wars Jedi Survivor 13 FPS 20 FPS 53.8% (B)
Star Wars Squadrons 69 FPS 111 FPS 60.9% (B)
The Last of Us 12 FPS 18 FPS 50% (B)
The Quarry 19 FPS 31 FPS 63.2% (B)
The Witcher 3 39 FPS ≈ 58 FPS 48.7% (B)
The Witcher 3 29 FPS 47 FPS 62.1% (B)
The Witcher 3 v4 32 FPS 19 FPS +68.4% (A)
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 19 FPS 38 FPS 100% (B)
Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection 17 FPS 13 FPS +30.8% (A)
Valorant 100 FPS ≈ 130 FPS 30% (B)
Vampire Bloodhunt 50 FPS 73 FPS 46% (B)
Watch Dogs Legion 22 FPS 39 FPS 77.3% (B)
X-Plane 11.11 45 FPS 59 FPS 31.1% (B)
Yakuza Like a Dragon 27 FPS 43 FPS 59.3% (B)

Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings. Values for GeForce RTX 2050 are model predictions (≈); GeForce GTX 1050 are direct measurements.

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 2050 wins 14 of the comparable criteria. The choice depends on your use case.

🤔 How to choose

Universal advice for any use case.

  • Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
  • Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
  • Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).
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