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GeForce GT 320 vs GeForce GTX 1050

Intro

The GeForce GT 320 makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 540 MHz. The GDDR3 memory works at a frequency of 790 MHz on this particular model. It features 72 SPUs as well as 24 Texture Address Units and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1050, which uses a 14 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1354 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 640 SPUs along with 40 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1050 should in theory be quite a bit 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 is a lot (about 318%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 320. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be quite a bit (approximately 903%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 320, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GT 320 GeForce GTX 1050
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year February 2010 October 2016
Code Name GT215 GP107-300
Memory 1024 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 540 MHz 1354 MHz
Memory Speed 1580 MHz 7000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 43 watts 75 watts
Bandwidth 25280 MB/sec 114688 MB/sec
Texel Rate 12960 Mtexels/sec 54160 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 4320 Mpixels/sec 43328 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 72 640
Texture Mapping Units 24 40
Render Output Units 8 32
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 128-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 14 nm
Transistors 727 million 3300 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10.1 DirectX 12.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.3 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.

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