GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 860M

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 860M, which features a clock speed of 797 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1152 SPUs, 96 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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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

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1050 should theoretically be quite a bit superior to 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 much (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 should be quite a bit (approximately 240%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 860M, and should be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (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 data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 are processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.