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GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Intro

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB has a GPU core speed of 1392 MHz, and the 3072 MB of GDDR5 RAM runs at 1750 MHz through a 96-bit bus. It also is made up of 768 Stream Processors, 48 TAUs, and 24 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 660 Ti, which has GPU clock speed of 915 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1500 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also features 1344 Stream Processors, 112 Texture Address Units, and 24 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 75 Watts
GeForce GTX 660 Ti 150 Watts
Difference: 75 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 660 Ti will be 67% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660 Ti 144000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 86016 MB/sec
Difference: 57984 (67%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 660 Ti will be a lot (approximately 53%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660 Ti 102480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 66816 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 35664 (53%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be much (about 52%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 660 Ti, and also able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 660 Ti 21960 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 11448 (52%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 1050 3GB GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year May 2018 August 2012
Code Name GP107 GK104
Memory 3072 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 1392 MHz 915 MHz
Memory Speed 7000 MHz 6000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 75 watts 150 watts
Bandwidth 86016 MB/sec 144000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 66816 Mtexels/sec 102480 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 33408 Mpixels/sec 21960 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 768 1344
Texture Mapping Units 48 112
Render Output Units 24 24
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 96-bit 192-bit
Fab Process 14 nm 28 nm
Transistors 3300 million 3540 million
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 12.0 DirectX 11.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.3

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock 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 fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.

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GeForce GTX 1050 3GB

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