GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 570

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 570, which comes with core clock speeds of 732 MHz on the GPU, and 950 MHz on the 1280 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 480 SPUs along with 60 TAUs and 40 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 570		4387 points
	Difference: 2270 (52%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 144 Watts (192%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 570 should in theory perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 37312 (33%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be a lot (approximately 23%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 10240 (23%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be a lot (about 48%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 570, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		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 largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called 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 get to the max fill rate.