GeForce GTX 1050 vs Geforce GTX 780

Intro

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 780, which has GPU core speed of 863 MHz, and 3072 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1502 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also features 2304 SPUs, 192 TAUs, and 48 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 780		10082 points
GeForce GTX 1050		6657 points
	Difference: 3425 (51%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
Geforce GTX 780		250 Watts
	Difference: 175 Watts (233%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Geforce GTX 780 will be 151% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1050 overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Geforce GTX 780		288384 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 173696 (151%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 780 should be quite a bit (more or less 206%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Geforce GTX 780		165696 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 111536 (206%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be a bit (approximately 5%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Geforce GTX 780, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 780		41424 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1904 (5%)

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 largest amount of information (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 bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called 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, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.