GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 560

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 560, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 810 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a speed of 1001 MHz on this specific model. It features 336 SPUs along with 56 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator 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 1050		6657 points
GeForce GTX 560		3030 points
	Difference: 3627 (120%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 560 is 12% faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 13440 (12%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be a little bit (more or less 19%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 560. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 8800 (19%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is superior to the GeForce GTX 560, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17408 (67%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on 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 memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.