GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 980 Ti, which has core clock speeds of 1000 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2816 SPUs along with 176 TAUs and 96 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti should in theory be a lot faster 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 is much (approximately 163%) more effective 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, and very much so. (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: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.