GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 560

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 560, which has a GPU core clock speed of 810 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1001 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 336 SPUs, 56 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 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 should be a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is a 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 using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is superior to the GeForce GTX 560, and very much so. (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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of 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 processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka 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 of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.