GeForce 930M vs GeForce GTX 1050 3GB

Intro

Compare those specifications 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 RAM runs at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this model. It features 768 SPUs as well as 48 TAUs and 24 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be 497% faster than the GeForce 930M in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
GeForce 930M		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 71616 (497%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is quite a bit (more or less 200%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 930M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 930M		22272 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 44544 (200%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is a lot (more or less 350%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 930M, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 930M		7424 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 25984 (350%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.