GeForce GTX 1050 vs Geforce GTX 670

Intro

Compare that to the Geforce GTX 670, which features GPU core speed of 915 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1500 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1344 SPUs, 112 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 670		7351 points
GeForce GTX 1050		6657 points
	Difference: 694 (10%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
Geforce GTX 670		170 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (127%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Geforce GTX 670, in theory, should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 670		192000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 77312 (67%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 670 will be a lot (approximately 89%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Geforce GTX 670		102480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 48320 (89%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be a lot (more or less 48%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Geforce GTX 670, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 670		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14048 (48%)

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 max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated 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 processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core 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 many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.