GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 980 Ti, which comes with a core clock speed of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 384-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 2816 SPUs, 176 TAUs, and 96 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 175 Watts (233%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 980 Ti should in theory be much better than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		336000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 249984 (291%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti will be a lot (approximately 163%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		176000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 109184 (163%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 980 Ti is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		96000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 62592 (187%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one 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 video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called 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, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.