GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 295

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 295, which has a core clock frequency of 576 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 999 MHz. It also uses a 448-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 55 nm design. It is made up of 240 SPUs, 80 Texture Address Units, and 28 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 295		289 Watts
	Difference: 214 Watts (285%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 295 should theoretically perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		223776 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 137760 (160%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 295 will be much (approximately 38%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		92160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 25344 (38%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is the winner, but not by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 295		32256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1152 (4%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across 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 memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs 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 output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.