GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce GTX 1050 3GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, which comes with GPU clock speed of 1392 MHz, and 3072 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1750 MHz through a 96-bit bus. It also features 768 Stream Processors, 48 TAUs, and 24 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (150%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should theoretically be a lot superior to the GeForce GT 1030 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 36864 (75%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be quite a bit (approximately 65%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 26336 (65%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13168 (65%)

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 data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as 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 of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.