GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, which makes use of a 65 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 576 MHz. The GDDR3 RAM is set to run at a speed of 999 MHz on this model. It features 216 SPUs as well as 72 Texture Address Units and 28 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		202 Watts
	Difference: 127 Watts (169%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1050 should be 3% quicker than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 overall, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		111888 MB/sec
	Difference: 2800 (3%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be quite a bit (approximately 31%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		41472 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 12688 (31%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 27200 (169%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.