GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 285 2GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 285 2GB, which comes with a 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 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 285 2GB		204 Watts
	Difference: 129 Watts (172%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 285 2GB should theoretically be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 2GB		158976 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 44288 (39%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti will be a small bit (more or less 19%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 285 2GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 2GB		51840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 10080 (19%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is superior to the GeForce GTX 285 2GB, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 2GB		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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses 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, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card 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 colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.