GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, which features GPU clock speed of 1575 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6X memory set to run at 1188 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 6144 Stream Processors, 192 TAUs, and 96 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		290 Watts
	Difference: 215 Watts (287%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti should in theory be much better than the GeForce GTX 1050 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		622899 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 508211 (443%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is quite a bit (more or less 458%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		302400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 248240 (458%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is superior to the GeForce GTX 1050, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		151200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 107872 (249%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, 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 record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.