GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 285 1GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 285 1GB, which uses a 55 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 648 MHz. The GDDR3 memory is set to run at a speed of 1242 MHz on this specific model. It features 240 SPUs as well as 80 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		204 Watts
	Difference: 129 Watts (172%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 285 1GB should be 39% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 1GB		158976 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 44288 (39%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is a small bit (about 4%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 285 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		51840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 2320 (4%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be quite a bit (about 109%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTX 285 1GB, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		20736 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 22592 (109%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video 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 most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units 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 rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.