GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 950M

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 950M, which has a GPU core clock speed of 914 MHz, and 2048 MB of DDR3 memory set to run at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 640 Stream Processors, 40 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 950M		3330 points
	Difference: 3327 (100%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950M		55 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (36%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1050 will be 258% quicker than the GeForce GTX 950M in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 82688 (258%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is a lot (about 48%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 950M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		36560 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 17600 (48%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is superior to the GeForce GTX 950M, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		14624 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 28704 (196%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.