GeForce GTX 1050 vs Geforce GTX 780

Intro

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 780, which has a clock frequency of 863 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1502 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 2304 SPUs, 192 Texture Address Units, and 48 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 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

Performance-wise, the Geforce GTX 780 should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 780 will be quite a bit (approximately 206%) more effective at 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%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Geforce GTX 780, and able to handle 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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few 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.