GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 1630

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 1630, which uses a 12 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1740 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a frequency of 1500 MHz on this specific card. It features 512 SPUs along with 32 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1050 should theoretically be just a bit better than the GeForce GTX 1630 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		98304 MB/sec
	Difference: 16384 (17%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 will be just a bit (about 3%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		55680 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 1520 (3%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is much (more or less 56%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1630, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		27840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15488 (56%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.