GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, which uses a 12 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1500 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a frequency of 1500 MHz on this particular model. It features 1536 SPUs along with 96 Texture Address Units and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti should in theory be much superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		294912 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 180224 (157%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is a lot (approximately 133%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		144000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 82080 (133%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		72000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 30720 (74%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units 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 fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.