GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare that to the Geforce GTX 760, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 980 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1502 MHz on this specific card. It features 1152 SPUs along with 96 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (127%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Geforce GTX 760 should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 106240 (124%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 will be quite a bit (about 41%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 27264 (41%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be just a bit (more or less 7%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the Geforce GTX 760, and also able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2048 (7%)

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 max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, 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 texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher 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 maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.