GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 470

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 470, which comes with core clock speeds of 607 MHz on the GPU, and 837 MHz on the 1280 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 448 SPUs as well as 56 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 470		2937 points
	Difference: 3720 (127%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 470		215 Watts
	Difference: 140 Watts (187%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 470 should in theory be just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 470		133920 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 19232 (17%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is a lot (about 59%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 470. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		33992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 20168 (59%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is a lot (approximately 78%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 470, and able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		24280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19048 (78%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the 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 amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated 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 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.