GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 285 1GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 285 1GB, which has a core clock speed of 648 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 1242 MHz. It also uses a 512-bit memory bus, and uses a 55 nm design. It is comprised of 240 SPUs, 80 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		204 Watts
	Difference: 129 Watts (172%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 285 1GB should be 39% faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 1GB		158976 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 44288 (39%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be just a bit (approximately 19%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 285 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		51840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 10080 (19%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is a lot (about 99%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 285 1GB, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		20736 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 20544 (99%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.