GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 960M

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 960M, which has GPU core speed of 1096 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960M		65 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (15%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 960M in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 22016 (34%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be quite a bit (about 52%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 960M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 22976 (52%)

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 GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15872 (91%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the 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 most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.