GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 750

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 750, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1020 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 1250 MHz on this specific card. It features 512 SPUs along with 32 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 750		55 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (36%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is 8% quicker than the GeForce GTX 750 overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 750		80000 MB/sec
	Difference: 6016 (8%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is quite a bit (approximately 105%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 750. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 750		32640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 34176 (105%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is superior to the GeForce GTX 750, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 750		16320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17088 (105%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.