GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which features GPU clock speed of 822 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1002 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 384 Stream Processors, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (127%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 42240 (49%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be quite a bit (about 27%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14208 (27%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is quite a bit (about 27%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 7104 (27%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.