GeForce GT 440 1.5GB vs GeForce GTX 1050

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1050, which has core clock speeds of 1354 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 640 SPUs along with 40 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 GT 440 1.5GB		840 points
	Difference: 5817 (693%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		56 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
	Difference: 19 Watts (34%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 should in theory perform much faster than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		43200 MB/sec
	Difference: 71488 (165%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be a lot (about 280%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 39904 (280%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is a lot (more or less 204%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB, and able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 29072 (204%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.