GeForce GT 320 vs GeForce GTX 1050

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1050, which comes with a core clock speed of 1354 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It features 640 SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 320		43 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
	Difference: 32 Watts (74%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1050 should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce GT 320 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GT 320		25280 MB/sec
	Difference: 89408 (354%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be quite a bit (about 318%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 320. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 320		12960 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 41200 (318%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is superior to the GeForce GT 320, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 320		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 39008 (903%)

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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 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 AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes 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 of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.