GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce GTX 1050

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 1050, which comes with a clock frequency of 1354 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 640 SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (150%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1050 will be 133% quicker than the GeForce GT 1030 overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 65536 (133%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be much (approximately 34%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 13680 (34%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be quite a bit (about 114%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 1030, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23088 (114%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

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