GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, which uses a 16 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1506 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a speed of 2000 MHz on this specific card. It features 1152 SPUs along with 72 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
GeForce GTX 1050		6657 points
	Difference: 5528 (83%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (60%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 81920 (71%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be a lot (about 100%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 54272 (100%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be much (more or less 67%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 1050, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 28960 (67%)

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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.