GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 1630

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1630, which comes with GPU clock speed of 1740 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR6 RAM running at 1500 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also is made up of 512 Stream Processors, 32 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1630 should be a small bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		98304 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 12288 (14%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be just a bit (more or less 20%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1630. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		55680 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 11136 (20%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be just a bit (approximately 20%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 1630, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		27840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5568 (20%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.