GeForce 9800 GTX+ vs GeForce GTX 1050 3GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, which comes with a clock frequency of 1392 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also features a 96-bit memory bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It features 768 SPUs, 48 TAUs, and 24 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
GeForce 9800 GTX+		145 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (93%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should in theory be much superior to the GeForce 9800 GTX+ in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
GeForce 9800 GTX+		70400 MB/sec
	Difference: 15616 (22%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is quite a bit (more or less 41%) better at AF than the GeForce 9800 GTX+. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9800 GTX+		47232 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 19584 (41%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is superior to the GeForce 9800 GTX+, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9800 GTX+		11808 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 21600 (183%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes 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 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 high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.