GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 950M

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 950M, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 914 MHz. The DDR3 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this model. It features 640 SPUs as well as 40 TAUs 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

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1050 should theoretically be a lot superior to the GeForce GTX 950M overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be a lot (more or less 48%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 950M. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is superior to the GeForce GTX 950M, by far. (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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.