GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 275

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 275, which comes with a clock speed of 633 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 1134 MHz. It also uses a 448-bit bus, and uses a 55 nm design. It is made up of 240 SPUs, 80 TAUs, and 28 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 275		219 Watts
	Difference: 144 Watts (192%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 275 should perform a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 275		127008 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 12320 (11%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be a lot (about 22%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 275. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 275		50640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 11280 (22%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is superior to the GeForce GTX 275, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 275		17724 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23556 (133%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

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