GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448, which comes with GPU clock speed of 732 MHz, and 1280 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 900 MHz through a 320-bit bus. It also is made up of 448 Stream Processors, 56 Texture Address Units, and 40 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		210 Watts
	Difference: 135 Watts (180%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 will be 67% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		144000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 57984 (67%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be quite a bit (approximately 63%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		40992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 25824 (63%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be a small bit (more or less 14%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448, and able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4128 (14%)

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 largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.