NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)
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The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 is an entry level graphics card for desktops based on the Pascal architecture. It uses the same GP107 chip as the GTX 1050 Ti, but with only 640 instead of 768 shaders. The chip is manufactured at Samsung in 14 nm (opposed to the 16 nm TSCM based Pascal chips of the 1060 and up). The performance and specs should be similar to the GTX 1050 laptop version, that will be released later (early 2017). Compared to the faster GTX 1050 Ti, the 1050 offers less shaders (640 instead of 768) and only 2 GB of GDDR5 (instead of the 4 GB of the 1050 Ti).
Gaming benchmarks by Nvidia state that the GTX 1050 is about 30% faster on average than the Radeon RX 460 with 2 GB VRAM. The 4 GB version of the RX 460 should be about 10% slower and the older GTX 950 should reach a similar performance level as the new GTX 1050. Therefore, the GTX 1050 should be ideal for 1080p gaming with high detail settings (but not max settings).
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
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The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 for laptops (formerly known as GTX 1080M) is the mobile counterpart of the desktop GeForce GTX 1080. It uses the same GP104 chip and was officially announced at 16. August. The performance should be around +-10% of a non overclocked desktop GTX 1080. The amount of shaders and other technical specifications should be identical.
The mobile GTX1080 is the successor to the GeForce GTX 980 for Laptops and offers a significantly higher performance at the same TDP.
For thin and light laptops Nvidia offer a Max-Q called version of the GTX 1080 with lower TDP and also significantly lower performance. Sadly this variant im sold with the same GTX 1080 name, making it hard to judge the performance.
The performance depends on the used thermal headroom, processor and game. In our benchmarks the mobile GTX 1080 was between 0 to 10 percent slower than the desktop GTX 1080. Therefore, the card also allows gaming in 4k for modern and demanding games of 2017. However, the performance depends on the cooling and TDP settings in each laptop. E.g. the MSI GT73VR (200 W TDP) is much faster than the 1080 in the Razer Blade Pro (<=150 W).
The GP104 chip is manufactured in 16nm FinFET process at TSMC and offers a range of new features. DisplayPort 1.4 (ready), HDMI 2.0b, HDR, Simultaneous Multi-Projection (SMP), improved H.265 video en- and decoders (for PlayReady 3.0) are only some of the improvements. See our detailed Pascal architecture article for more details.
Due to the high TDP, the mobile GTX 1080 is only suited for large laptops with high performance cooling solutions. The power consumption is ranging from 150 to 200 Watt (according to Nvidia, up to 220 W in the Asus G701VIK, G800, GX800). A low power version (Max-Q) is available beginning summer 2017 with a reduced TGP of 90 - 110 Watt (at a reduced performance).
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile |
Manufacturer | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
GeForce GTX 1000 Series | | |
Codename | N17P-G1 | N17E-G3 |
Architecture | Pascal | Pascal |
Pipelines | 640 - unified | 2560 - unified |
Core Speed | 1354 - 1455 (Boost) MHz | 1566 - 1733 (Boost) MHz |
Memory Speed | 7008 MHz | 10000 MHz |
Memory Bus Width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5X |
Max. Amount of Memory | 2048 MB | 8192 MB |
Shared Memory | no | no |
DirectX | DirectX 12_1 | DirectX 12_1 |
technology | 14 nm | 16 nm |
Features | Multi-Projection, VR Ready, G-SYNC, Vulkan, Multi Monitor | Multi-Projection, VR Ready, G-SYNC, Vulkan, Multi Monitor |
Date of Announcement | 25.10.2016 | 16.08.2016 |
Transistors | | 7200 Million |
Notebook Size | | large |
Link to Manufacturer Page | | http://www.geforce.com/hardware/10series... |
Benchmarks
Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
58.6 pt (61%)
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
1984 Points (11%)
min: 5989 avg: 6547 median: 6584.5 (37%) max: 7260 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
1797 Points (9%)
min: 6380 avg: 6867 median: 6917 (35%) max: 7166 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
349683 Points (55%)
min: 304012 avg: 398130 median: 409018 (65%) max: 471794 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
min: 186545 avg: 307862 median: 345006 (47%) max: 390417 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
21461 Points (28%)
min: 22675 avg: 33860 median: 32845 (44%) max: 51972 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
40922 Points (20%)
min: 88432 avg: 125040 median: 126690 (62%) max: 143992 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
6122 Points (16%)
min: 14301 avg: 17046 median: 17223 (44%) max: 19250 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
6797 Points (13%)
min: 18879 avg: 21306 median: 21394 (42%) max: 23091 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 205005 avg: 369087 median: 386432 (52%) max: 491460 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
8817 Points (21%)
min: 16156 avg: 20606 median: 20498.5 (48%) max: 24503 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
8571 Points (14%)
min: 24868 avg: 28106 median: 28526.5 (48%) max: 31412 Points
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
32463 Points (32%)
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile min: 47402 avg: 48874 median: 48874 (48%) max: 50346 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
32494 Points (30%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile min: 61557 avg: 63088 median: 63088 (58%) max: 64619 Points
3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
96234 Points (100%)
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
181125 Points (95%)
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
37669 Points (55%)
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) min: 28000 avg: 30921 median: 29795 (55%) max: 36095 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 |
Zotac GTX 1050 Asus Crosshair VI Hero | R7 1700 | 16384 | | 2048MB | 28000 |
Zotac GTX 1050 Asus Crosshair VI Hero | R7 1700X | 16384 | | 2048MB | 28630 |
AMD Ryzen 1800X - Asus Crosshair VI Hero | R7 1800X | 16384 | | | 30960 |
Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 2GB | 4790K | 16384 | 1455 / MHz | 2048MB | 36095 |
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile min: 30222 avg: 35001 median: 34697.5 (65%) max: 40395 Points
Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
37.6 fps (19%)
95.9 fps (48%)
Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 DX 11
88.3 fps (29%)
225 fps (74%)
Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 OpenGL
173 fps (77%)
Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
224 fps (42%)
SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
37.8 fps (16%)
specvp12 sw-03 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile min: 55.82 avg: 62.1 median: 62.5 (27%) max: 68.05 fps
specvp12 snx-02 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
4.7 fps (2%)
specvp12 snx-02 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile min: 8.36 avg: 8.6 median: 8.5 (3%) max: 8.84 fps
specvp12 showcase-01 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
29.3 fps (12%)
specvp12 showcase-01 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile min: 102.19 avg: 104 median: 103.5 (43%) max: 107.54 fps
specvp12 mediacal-01 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
17.5 fps (16%)
specvp12 mediacal-01 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile min: 50.76 avg: 51.2 median: 50.9 (47%) max: 51.85 fps
specvp12 maya-04 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
57.8 fps (25%)
specvp12 maya-04 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile min: 119.53 avg: 146 median: 149 (64%) max: 168.32 fps
specvp12 energy-01 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
0.8 fps (3%)
specvp12 energy-01 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile min: 8.98 avg: 10 median: 10.5 (34%) max: 10.54 fps
specvp12 creo-01 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
18.2 fps (10%)
specvp12 creo-01 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile min: 55.06 avg: 58 median: 58.4 (33%) max: 60.57 fps
specvp12 catia-04 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
28.2 fps (10%)
specvp12 catia-04 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile min: 82.05 avg: 83.3 median: 82.3 (28%) max: 85.58 fps
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 6816 avg: 10013 median: 9778.5 (46%) max: 15726
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 63.44 avg: 79.6 median: 79.9 (35%) max: 91.96 fps
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
155 fps (44%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile min: 104.46 avg: 130 median: 122.7 (34%) max: 171.66 fps
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
99.6 % (100%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile 99.6 % (100%)
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
472 fps (4%)
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
268 fps (29%)
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
138 fps (32%)
333 fps (76%)
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Onscreen
60 fps (23%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
1037 Samples/s (11%)
min: 2194 avg: 2231 median: 2230.5 (23%) max: 2267 Samples/s
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
1864 Samples/s (6%)
min: 4178 avg: 4525 median: 4525 (14%) max: 4872 Samples/s
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
4749 (10%)
min: 15310 avg: 16405 median: 16459 (35%) max: 16906
Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
152 Watt (28%)
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
155 Watt (26%)
220 Watt (37%)
HP Omen X 17-ap002ng  | i7-7820HK | 32768 | 1771 / MHz | 8192MB | 220 |
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
min: 152.9 avg: 226 median: 237 (52%) max: 279 Watt
Clock Speed - GPU Clock Witcher 3 ultra
min: 1404 avg: 1761 median: 1810 (94%) max: 1911 MHz
Clock Speed - GPU Clock Speed Furmark
1407 MHz (71%)
Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) → 100% n=28
Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile → 277% n=28
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card

- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
100%
GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop):
32.1 fps [X] Aorus Z370 Ultra Gaming Desktop DDR4-2666Intel Core i7-8086K 3.7GHz
GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)
min:
17 fps, P0.1:
19.4 fps, P1:
25.1 fps, max:
62.9 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
64.2 fps [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
14.9 fps, P0.1:
27.7 fps, P1:
48.8 fps, max:
98.8 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
53.4 fps [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
13.7 fps, P0.1:
36.3 fps, P1:
43.4 fps, max:
72.3 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
45.6 fps [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
14.3 fps, P0.1:
31.6 fps, P1:
37.6 fps, max:
69.7 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
27.8 fps [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
13.4 fps, P0.1:
20.7 fps, P1:
24.4 fps, max:
52.5 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
11.4 fps [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
8.88 fps, P0.1:
9.46 fps, P1:
10.4 fps, max:
13.9 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
80 [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
36 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
69 [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
27 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
64 [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
23 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
52 [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
21 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
34 [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
18 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
90.6 fps [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
37.5 fps, P0.1:
53 fps, P1:
59.3 fps, max:
128 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
86.5 fps [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
38.1 fps, P0.1:
43.9 fps, P1:
55.1 fps, max:
121 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
76.4 fps [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
43.4 fps, P0.1:
44.4 fps, P1:
49.9 fps, max:
108 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
54.3 fps [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
27 fps, P0.1:
29.9 fps, P1:
35 fps, max:
119 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
27.5 fps [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
17.4 fps, P0.1:
17.6 fps, P1:
18.3 fps, max:
49.8 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
79.8 fps [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
35.3 fps, P0.1:
44.5 fps, P1:
48 fps, max:
220 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
64.1 fps [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
27.7 fps, P0.1:
33.4 fps, P1:
38.7 fps, max:
165 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
59.6 fps [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
29.2 fps, P0.1:
32 fps, P1:
36.9 fps, max:
164 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
47.6 fps [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
28 fps, P0.1:
28.9 fps, P1:
30.1 fps, max:
140 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
24.6 fps [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
15.9 fps, P0.1:
16.4 fps, P1:
17.5 fps, max:
60.2 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
78 [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
P0.1:
8 fpsP1:
fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
68 [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
P0.1:
19 fpsP1:
fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
59 [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
P0.1:
27 fpsP1:
fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
46 [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
P0.1:
26 fpsP1:
fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
27 [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
P0.1:
18 fpsP1:
fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
83.3 [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
12.8 fps, P0.1:
30.5 fps, P1:
69.6 fps, max:
104.2 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
66.3 [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
8 fps, P0.1:
9.1 fps, P1:
46.5 fps, max:
86.5 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
40.3 [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
7.5 fps, P0.1:
32 fps, P1:
34.9 fps, max:
58.4 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
34.6 [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
9.2 fps, P0.1:
25.2 fps, P1:
29.9 fps, max:
41.1 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
24.5 [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
8.9 fps, P0.1:
18.1 fps, P1:
21.3 fps, max:
29.2 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
77.3 fps [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
24.56 fps, P1:
55.24 fps, max:
125 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
67.7 fps [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
20.53 fps, P1:
49.56 fps, max:
101.35 fps
fps
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile:
51.2 fps [X] Alienware 17 R4Intel Core i7-7820HK 2.9GHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
min:
29.78 fps, P1:
38.97 fps, max:
81.3 fps