GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 580

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 580, which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 772 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1002 MHz on this specific 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 580		4956 points
	Difference: 2778 (56%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 580		244 Watts
	Difference: 169 Watts (225%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 580 should in theory be much better than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 580		192384 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 77696 (68%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be much (approximately 25%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 580. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 580		49408 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 12512 (25%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is a better choice, not by a very large margin though. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 580		37056 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4224 (11%)

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 max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR 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 AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.