GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 850M

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 850M, which comes with a core clock frequency of 876 MHz and a DDR3 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		7734 points
GeForce GTX 850M		3340 points
	Difference: 4394 (132%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		138 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 850M		49 Sol/s
	Difference: 89 (182%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 850M		40 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (88%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should in theory be much better than the GeForce GTX 850M in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 850M		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 82688 (258%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti will be quite a bit (more or less 77%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 850M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 850M		35040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 26880 (77%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be a lot (approximately 195%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 850M, and also capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 850M		14016 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 27264 (195%)

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 max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better 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 are processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.