GeForce GTX 1050 vs Geforce GTX 670

Intro

Compare all of that to the Geforce GTX 670, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 915 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1500 MHz on this specific card. It features 1344 SPUs along with 112 TAUs 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

In theory, the Geforce GTX 670 will be 67% faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 670 should be a lot (about 89%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is the winner, by far. (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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, 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 number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.