GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 590

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 590, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 607 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 855 MHz on this particular model. It features 512 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 48 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 1050 Ti		7734 points
GeForce GTX 590		6680 points
	Difference: 1054 (16%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 590		365 Watts
	Difference: 290 Watts (387%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 590 will be 186% faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		328320 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 213632 (186%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 590 is quite a bit (about 25%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		77696 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 15776 (25%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 590 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		58272 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 16992 (41%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, 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 is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.