GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, which features core clock speeds of 576 MHz on the GPU, and 999 MHz on the 896 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 216 SPUs along with 72 Texture Address Units and 28 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		202 Watts
	Difference: 127 Watts (169%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		111888 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 25872 (30%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be much (about 61%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		41472 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 25344 (61%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is quite a bit (about 107%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17280 (107%)

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 data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.