GeForce 930M vs GeForce GTX 1050

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1050, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1354 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 640 Stream Processors, 40 Texture Address Units, 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 930M		1490 points
	Difference: 5167 (347%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050, in theory, should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce 930M overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce 930M		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 100288 (696%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be a lot (more or less 143%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 930M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 930M		22272 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 31888 (143%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 930M		7424 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 35904 (484%)

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 max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. 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 fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.