GeForce GTS 150 vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, which comes with clock speeds of 1290 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 768 SPUs along with 48 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTS 150		141 Watts
	Difference: 66 Watts (88%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, in theory, should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTS 150 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTS 150		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 82688 (258%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti will be quite a bit (approximately 31%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTS 150. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTS 150		47360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14560 (31%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti will be a lot (more or less 249%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTS 150, and able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTS 150		11840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 29440 (249%)

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 information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better 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 are applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.