GeForce GTX 1050 vs Geforce GTX 1080 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti, which makes use of a 16 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1480 MHz. The GDDR5X memory works at a frequency of 1376 MHz on this model. It features 3584 SPUs as well as 224 Texture Address Units and 88 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		27629 points
GeForce GTX 1050		6657 points
	Difference: 20972 (315%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 175 Watts (233%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti is 332% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		495616 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 380928 (332%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 1080 Ti will be much (about 512%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		331520 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 277360 (512%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 1080 Ti should be quite a bit (more or less 201%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX 1050, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		130240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 86912 (201%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better 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 per second. This 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 graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.