GeForce GTX 1050 mobile vs GeForce GTX 590

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and GeForce GTX 590, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 1050 mobile stacks up against GeForce GTX 590, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 1050 mobile here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 mobile GeForce GTX 590
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 365 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors Two 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU)
Display Connectors No outputs 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GTX 590 has 386% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 1050 mobile.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and GeForce GTX 590 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 590 has 3068 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 1050 mobile.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is used in Laptops, and GeForce GTX 590 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is build with Pascal architecture, and GeForce GTX 590 - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is 139 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 590.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and GeForce GTX 590 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is 5301 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 590.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 16−18
ultra / 1080p 14−16 10−11
QHD / 1440p 8−9 4−5
4K / 2160p 6−7
low / 720p 40−45 35−40
medium / 1080p 27−30 21−24
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 27% more, than GeForce GTX 590.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 mobile GeForce GTX 590
Architecture Pascal Fermi
Code name GP107B GF110
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 3 January 2017 24 March 2011
Pipelines 640 1024
Core clock speed 1354 MHz 1215 MHz
Boost Clock 1493 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 59.72 77.7 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 2x 1,244.2 gflops
Length 11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm)
Memory bus width 128 Bit 768-bit (384-bit per GPU)
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 1707 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 327.7 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.2
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
CUDA + +
CUDA cores 640 1024
Bus support PCIe 3.0 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support + +
HDMI +
HDCP 2.2
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 107 Mh/s
Laptop size large
GameStream +
GPU Boost 3.0
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