GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, which features core speeds of 1290 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 768 SPUs as well as 48 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator 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

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should perform a lot faster 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 is much (about 252%) better at texture 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

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is a better choice, by far. (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: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. 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, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.