GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, which features a core clock frequency of 1290 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It features 768 SPUs, 48 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		70 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
	Difference: 5 Watts (7%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should in theory be a lot better than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 60288 (111%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti will be much (more or less 252%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 44320 (252%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be quite a bit (approximately 838%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 36880 (838%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the 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 the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.