GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 965M

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 965M, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 944 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 1000 MHz on this card. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 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 965M		5650 points
	Difference: 1007 (18%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 965M		60 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
	Difference: 15 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 should in theory be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 965M overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 965M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 50688 (79%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 965M should be a bit (about 12%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		60416 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6256 (12%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be much (more or less 43%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 965M, and able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 965M		30208 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13120 (43%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, 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 can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics 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 maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). 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 get to the maximum fill rate.