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GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 580

Intro

The GeForce GTX 1050 features a clock frequency of 1354 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It is made up of 640 SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 580, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 772 MHz, and 1536 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1002 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is comprised of 512 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 48 Raster Operation 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 580		4956 points
	Difference: 1701 (34%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 580		244 Watts
	Difference: 169 Watts (225%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 580 should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 580		192384 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 77696 (68%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be a little bit (approximately 10%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 580. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 580		49408 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 4752 (10%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is a bit (more or less 17%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 580, and able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 580		37056 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6272 (17%)

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

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Model	GeForce GTX 1050	GeForce GTX 580
Manufacturer	nVidia	nVidia
Year	October 2016	November 2010
Code Name	GP107-300	GF110
Memory	2048 MB	1536 MB
Core Speed	1354 MHz	772 MHz
Memory Speed	7000 MHz	4008 MHz
Power (Max TDP)	75 watts	244 watts
Bandwidth	114688 MB/sec	192384 MB/sec
Texel Rate	54160 Mtexels/sec	49408 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate	43328 Mpixels/sec	37056 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders	640	512
Texture Mapping Units	40	64
Render Output Units	32	48
Bus Type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Bus Width	128-bit	384-bit
Fab Process	14 nm	40 nm
Transistors	3300 million	3000 million
Bus	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe x16
DirectX Version	DirectX 12.0	DirectX 11
OpenGL Version	OpenGL 4.5	OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes 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 - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.

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