GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) vs GeForce GTX 1050

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 1050, which has core clock speeds of 1354 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 640 SPUs as well as 40 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		135 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (80%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050, in theory, should be a lot faster than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		62080 MB/sec
	Difference: 52608 (85%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be much (more or less 30%) better at AF than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92). (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		41600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 12560 (30%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 32928 (317%)

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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high 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 amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs 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 output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.