GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, which has a clock speed of 576 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 999 MHz. It also makes use of a 448-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 65 nm design. It is comprised of 216 SPUs, 72 Texture Address Units, and 28 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		202 Watts
	Difference: 127 Watts (169%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti will be 3% quicker than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		111888 MB/sec
	Difference: 2800 (3%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be quite a bit (approximately 49%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		41472 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 20448 (49%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 25152 (156%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock 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 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 max fill rate.