GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 295

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 295, which makes use of a 55 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 576 MHz. The GDDR3 memory works at a frequency of 999 MHz on this specific model. It features 240 SPUs as well as 80 Texture Address Units and 28 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 295		289 Watts
	Difference: 214 Watts (285%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 295, in theory, should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		223776 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 109088 (95%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 295 will be a lot (more or less 70%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		92160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 38000 (70%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is much (more or less 34%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX 295, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 295		32256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11072 (34%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface 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 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling 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 record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.