GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 860M

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 860M, which features a clock frequency of 797 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 1152 SPUs, 96 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation 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 1050		6657 points
GeForce GTX 860M		4340 points
	Difference: 2317 (53%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 860M		45 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 1050 should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 860M in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 860M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 50688 (79%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 860M is a lot (about 41%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

GeForce GTX 860M		76512 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 22352 (41%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is a lot (approximately 240%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 860M, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 860M		12752 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 30576 (240%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate 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 outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.