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GeForce GTS 150 vs GeForce GTX 1050 3GB

Intro

The GeForce GTS 150 comes with a clock frequency of 740 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 500 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and uses a 55 nm design. It is comprised of 128 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, which uses a 14 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1392 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this card. It features 768 SPUs as well as 48 TAUs and 24 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 75 Watts
GeForce GTS 150 141 Watts
Difference: 66 Watts (88%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, in theory, should be much faster than the GeForce GTS 150 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 86016 MB/sec
GeForce GTS 150 32000 MB/sec
Difference: 54016 (169%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be quite a bit (about 41%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTS 150. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTS 150 47360 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 19456 (41%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTS 150 11840 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 21568 (182%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTS 150 GeForce GTX 1050 3GB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year March 10, 2009 May 2018
Code Name G92b GP107
Memory 1024 MB 3072 MB
Core Speed 740 MHz 1392 MHz
Memory Speed 1000 MHz 7000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 141 watts 75 watts
Bandwidth 32000 MB/sec 86016 MB/sec
Texel Rate 47360 Mtexels/sec 66816 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 11840 Mpixels/sec 33408 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 128 768
Texture Mapping Units 64 48
Render Output Units 16 24
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 96-bit
Fab Process 55 nm 14 nm
Transistors 754 million 3300 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 12.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.6

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better 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 processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the 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 most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in a 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 - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.

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