GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 480

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 480, which comes with core speeds of 700 MHz on the GPU, and 924 MHz on the 1536 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 480 SPUs along with 60 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 480		250 Watts
	Difference: 175 Watts (233%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 480 should in theory be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 480		177408 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 91392 (106%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be a lot (approximately 59%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 480. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 480		42000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 24816 (59%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 480 is superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, but not by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 480		33600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 192 (1%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, 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 amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.