GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 470

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 470, which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 607 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 837 MHz on this card. It features 448 SPUs as well as 56 TAUs and 40 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 470		2937 points
	Difference: 4797 (163%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 470		215 Watts
	Difference: 140 Watts (187%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 470 should in theory be a little bit better than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 470		133920 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 19232 (17%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be a lot (approximately 82%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 470. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		33992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 27928 (82%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti will be much (more or less 70%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 470, and able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		24280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17000 (70%)

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 information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the 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 can be applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

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