GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs Geforce GTX 680

Intro

Compare all of that to the Geforce GTX 680, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1006 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1502 MHz on this model. It features 1536 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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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 680		7650 points
	Difference: 84 (1%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
Geforce GTX 680		195 Watts
	Difference: 120 Watts (160%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Geforce GTX 680, in theory, should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 680		192256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 77568 (68%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 680 is quite a bit (approximately 108%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. (explain)

Geforce GTX 680		128768 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 66848 (108%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti will be a lot (more or less 28%) better at FSAA than the Geforce GTX 680, and will be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 680		32192 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9088 (28%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.