GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 1060

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 1060, which features clock speeds of 1506 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1280 SPUs as well as 80 Texture Address Units 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		12359 points
GeForce GTX 1050		6657 points
	Difference: 5702 (86%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1060 is 71% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be much (about 122%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 66320 (122%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be quite a bit (more or less 67%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 1050, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units 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 rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.