GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 580

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 580, which comes with a clock frequency of 772 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1002 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is made up of 512 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 48 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 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

In theory, the GeForce GTX 580 should be 68% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1050 overall, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is a little bit (more or less 10%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 580. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is superior to the GeForce GTX 580, though only just barely. (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

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher 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 video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.