GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, which makes use of a 16 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1607 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 2000 MHz on this model. It features 2432 SPUs as well as 152 Texture Address Units 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

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti should in theory perform much 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 will be a lot (approximately 266%) more effective at AF 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

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti will be a lot (approximately 208%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, and able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 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 high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount 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 applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.