GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, which makes use of a 12 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1500 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a speed of 1500 MHz on this particular model. It features 1536 SPUs as well as 96 TAUs and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		120 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (60%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		294912 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 208896 (243%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti should be quite a bit (about 116%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		144000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 77184 (116%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti should be much (approximately 116%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		72000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 38592 (116%)

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 information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated 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 it uses 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher 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 a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock 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 fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.