GeForce GTS 150 vs GeForce GTX 1050

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1050, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1354 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 640 Stream Processors, 40 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce GTS 150		141 Watts
	Difference: 66 Watts (88%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1050 should be 258% faster than the GeForce GTS 150 in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTS 150		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 82688 (258%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be a little bit (approximately 14%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTS 150. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTS 150		47360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6800 (14%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTS 150		11840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 31488 (266%)

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 information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result 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, HDR 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 worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write 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 - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.