GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, which uses a 16 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1607 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 2000 MHz on this particular model. It features 2432 SPUs as well as 152 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		180 Watts
	Difference: 105 Watts (140%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 176128 (205%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti should be quite a bit (approximately 266%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		244264 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 177448 (266%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		102848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 69440 (208%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. 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 memory bandwidth, the faster 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 can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

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