GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 980 Ti, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1000 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this particular card. It features 2816 SPUs along with 176 TAUs and 96 Rasterization Operator 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 980 Ti		17120 points
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		7734 points
	Difference: 9386 (121%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		425 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		138 Sol/s
	Difference: 287 (208%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 175 Watts (233%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti should in theory be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		336000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 221312 (193%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti is much (approximately 184%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		176000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 114080 (184%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti will be a lot (about 133%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		96000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 54720 (133%)

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 max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). 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 potential to reach the maximum fill rate.