GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 280

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 280, which has a GPU core clock speed of 602 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR3 memory set to run at 1107 MHz through a 512-bit bus. It also features 240 SPUs, 80 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 280		236 Watts
	Difference: 161 Watts (215%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 280 will be 24% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 280		141696 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 27008 (24%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti will be a lot (more or less 29%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 280. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 280		48160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 13760 (29%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 280		19264 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 22016 (114%)

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 data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, 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 applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one 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 - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). 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 get to the maximum fill rate.