GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 960M

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 960M, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1096 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this specific model. It features 640 SPUs as well as 40 TAUs and 16 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 1050		6657 points
GeForce GTX 960M		4350 points
	Difference: 2307 (53%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960M		65 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (15%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050, in theory, should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 960M overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 50688 (79%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be much (more or less 24%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 960M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 10320 (24%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 25792 (147%)

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 max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied 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 this number, 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 chip could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.