GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 965M

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 965M, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 944 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a speed of 1000 MHz on this particular model. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 965M		60 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
	Difference: 15 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should theoretically be much faster than the GeForce GTX 965M in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 965M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 22016 (34%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be a little bit (about 11%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 965M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 965M		60416 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6400 (11%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is a better choice, but not by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 965M		30208 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3200 (11%)

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 data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core 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 processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.