GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 1050 3GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, which makes use of a 14 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1392 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 1750 MHz on this specific card. It features 768 SPUs as well as 48 Texture Address Units and 24 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1050 should in theory be much better than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 28672 (33%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is much (about 23%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 12656 (23%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be a lot (more or less 30%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, and also able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9920 (30%)

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 max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 are applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant 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 max fill rate.