Component comparison

GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce RTX 2060

GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce RTX 2060 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce GTX 1050
  • + Memory clock (MHz) (+5258 MHz)
  • + Die size (mm²) (+313 mm²)
B GeForce RTX 2060
  • + Release year (+2)
  • + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+224 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+40 W)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-2 nm)
  • + Transistors (M) (+7,500M)
  • + CUDA cores (+1152)
  • + TMUs (+72)
  • + ROPs (+24)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+4.24 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+34.08 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+143.40 GTexel/s)
  • + Energy efficiency (+7.1)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+9046)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+10263)
  • + Geekbench OpenCL (+53983)
  • + Geekbench Vulkan (+50092)
  • + Normalized score (+35.0)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce GTX 1050
Component B
GeForce RTX 2060
Release year 2017 2019 (+2)
VRAM (GB) 2 GB 6 GB (+4 GB)
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz) 7008 MHz (+5258 MHz) 1750 MHz
Bandwidth (GB/s) 112 GB/s 336 GB/s (+224 GB/s)
Memory bus (bit) 128 bit 192 bit (+64 bit)
TGP / TDP (W) 75 W 115 W (+40 W)
Lithography (nm) 14 nm 12 nm (-2 nm)
Transistors (M) 3,300M 10,800M (+7,500M)
Die size (mm²) 132 mm² (+313 mm²) 445 mm²
Base clock (MHz)
Boost clock (MHz)
CUDA cores 768 1,920 (+1152)
TMUs 48 120 (+72)
ROPs 24 48 (+24)
RT cores 30
Tensor cores 240
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 2.21 TFLOPS 6.45 TFLOPS (+4.24 TFLOPS)
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 46.56 GPixel/s 80.64 GPixel/s (+34.08 GPixel/s)
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 58.20 GTexel/s 201.60 GTexel/s (+143.40 GTexel/s)
Energy efficiency 11.0 18.1 (+7.1)
PassMark (overall) 5,048 14,094 (+9046)
3DMark Time Spy 6,141
3DMark Fire Strike 6,068 16,331 (+10263)
Geekbench OpenCL 17,429 71,412 (+53983)
Geekbench Vulkan 15,766 65,858 (+50092)
Normalized score 31.3 66.4 (+35.0)

Only in component B

DLSS ray_tracing

In both

CUDA

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce GTX 1050 GeForce RTX 2060 Delta
Anno 1800 17 FPS 61 FPS 258.8% (B)
Anthem 29 FPS 56 FPS 93.1% (B)
Apex Legends 36 FPS 105 FPS 191.7% (B)
Ark Survival Evolved 17 FPS 52 FPS 205.9% (B)
Ashes of the Singularity 26 FPS 64 FPS 146.2% (B)
Assassin´s Creed Odyssey 29 FPS 68 FPS 134.5% (B)
Assassin´s Creed Valhalla 14 FPS 53 FPS 278.6% (B)
Battlefield 5 51 FPS 104 FPS 103.9% (B)
Borderlands 3 23 FPS 61 FPS 165.2% (B)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS
Call of Duty Black Ops 4 35 FPS 106 FPS 202.9% (B)
Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War 18 FPS 62 FPS 244.4% (B)
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2019 36 FPS 74 FPS 105.6% (B)
Civilization 6 39 FPS 92 FPS 135.9% (B)
Control 17 FPS 54 FPS 217.6% (B)
Counter-Strike 2 65 FPS 150 FPS 130.8% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 24 FPS 60 FPS 150% (B)
Darksiders III 40 FPS 103 FPS 157.5% (B)
Days Gone 32 FPS 87 FPS 171.9% (B)
Death Stranding 30 FPS 92 FPS 206.7% (B)
Destiny 2 50 FPS 111 FPS 122% (B)
Deus Ex Mankind Divided 30 FPS 86 FPS 186.7% (B)
Dirt 4 46 FPS 150 FPS 226.1% (B)
Dirt 5 16 FPS 59 FPS 268.8% (B)
Dirt Rally 2.0 37 FPS 113 FPS 205.4% (B)
Dishonored 2 37 FPS 110 FPS 197.3% (B)
Doom 38 FPS 125 FPS 228.9% (B)
Dota 2 126 FPS 118 FPS +6.8% (A)
ELEX 34 FPS 96 FPS 182.4% (B)
Escape from Tarkov 54 FPS 121 FPS 124.1% (B)
F1 2018 47 FPS 103 FPS 119.1% (B)
F1 2019 55 FPS 122 FPS 121.8% (B)
F1 2020 47 FPS 126 FPS 168.1% (B)
F1 2021 37 FPS 126 FPS 240.5% (B)
FIFA 19 103 FPS 280 FPS 171.8% (B)
FIFA 20 107 FPS 111 FPS 3.7% (B)
FIFA 21 128 FPS 163 FPS 27.3% (B)
Far Cry 5 39 FPS 96 FPS 146.2% (B)
Far Cry New Dawn 36 FPS 77 FPS 113.9% (B)
Farming Simulator 19 60 FPS 151 FPS 151.7% (B)
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 18 FPS 52 FPS 188.9% (B)
Flight Simulator 2020 15 FPS 42 FPS 180% (B)
For Honor 42 FPS 132 FPS 214.3% (B)
Fortnite 132 FPS 162 FPS 22.7% (B)
Forza Horizon 4 55 FPS 108 FPS 96.4% (B)
Forza Horizon 5 35 FPS 100 FPS 185.7% (B)
GRID 2019 34 FPS 65 FPS 91.2% (B)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS
GTA V 66 FPS 95 FPS 43.9% (B)
Gears Tactics 39 FPS 93 FPS 138.5% (B)
Ghost Recon Breakpoint 31 FPS 74 FPS 138.7% (B)
Ghost Recon Wildlands 28 FPS 86 FPS 207.1% (B)
Hitman 2 31 FPS 81 FPS 161.3% (B)
Hitman 3 32 FPS 105 FPS 228.1% (B)
Horizon Zero Dawn 24 FPS 67 FPS 179.2% (B)
Hunt Showdown 28 FPS 75 FPS 167.9% (B)
Immortals Fenyx Rising 27 FPS 54 FPS 100% (B)
Just Cause 4 32 FPS 82 FPS 156.3% (B)
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 31 FPS 83 FPS 167.7% (B)
Mafia Definitive Edition 27 FPS 60 FPS 122.2% (B)
Metro Exodus 19 FPS 56 FPS 194.7% (B)
Middle-earth: Shadow of War 32 FPS 103 FPS 221.9% (B)
Mirror's Edge Catalyst 40 FPS 110 FPS 175% (B)
Monster Hunter World 29 FPS 90 FPS 210.3% (B)
Need for Speed Heat 32 FPS 63 FPS 96.9% (B)
Need for Speed Payback 44 FPS 122 FPS 177.3% (B)
Outriders 27 FPS 90 FPS 233.3% (B)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS
Prey 61 FPS 139 FPS 127.9% (B)
Rage 2 23 FPS 73 FPS 217.4% (B)
Rainbow Six Siege 57 FPS 206 FPS 261.4% (B)
Red Dead Redemption 2 17 FPS 51 FPS 200% (B)
Resident Evil 4 Remake 24 FPS 65 FPS 170.8% (B)
Resident Evil 7 55 FPS 160 FPS 190.9% (B)
Resident Evil Village 23 FPS 95 FPS 313% (B)
Rise of the Tomb Raider 31 FPS 107 FPS 245.2% (B)
Rocket League 64 FPS 181 FPS 182.8% (B)
Serious Sam 4 15 FPS 58 FPS 286.7% (B)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 39 FPS 122 FPS 212.8% (B)
Star Wars Battlefront 2 43 FPS 121 FPS 181.4% (B)
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order 39 FPS 66 FPS 69.2% (B)
Star Wars Squadrons 69 FPS 173 FPS 150.7% (B)
The Crew 2 37 FPS 60 FPS 62.2% (B)
The Division 33 FPS 101 FPS 206.1% (B)
The Division 2 30 FPS 74 FPS 146.7% (B)
The Evil Within 2 27 FPS 53 FPS 96.3% (B)
The Witcher 3 39 FPS 111 FPS 184.6% (B)
The Witcher 3 29 FPS 74 FPS 155.2% (B)
Total War: Three Kingdoms 24 FPS 67 FPS 179.2% (B)
Valorant 100 FPS 223 FPS 123% (B)
Watch Dogs Legion 22 FPS 66 FPS 200% (B)
World of Warships 92 FPS 129 FPS 40.2% (B)
X-Plane 11.11 45 FPS 56 FPS 24.4% (B)
Yakuza Like a Dragon 27 FPS 72 FPS 166.7% (B)

Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 2060 wins 19 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).