GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 970

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 970, which has a GPU core clock speed of 1050 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 1664 Stream Processors, 104 Texture Address Units, and 64 Raster Operation 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 970		10867 points
GeForce GTX 1050		6657 points
	Difference: 4210 (63%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 970		145 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (93%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 970 should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970		224000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 109312 (95%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 970 will be a lot (approximately 102%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970		109200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 55040 (102%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 970 will be quite a bit (approximately 55%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1050, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970		67200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23872 (55%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

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