GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 870M

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 870M, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 941 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this model. It features 1344 SPUs as well as 112 TAUs and 24 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1050		6657 points
GeForce GTX 870M		4770 points
	Difference: 1887 (40%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 870M		110 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (47%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 1050 should perform a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX 870M overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 870M		96000 MB/sec
	Difference: 18688 (19%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 870M is a lot (more or less 95%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

GeForce GTX 870M		105392 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 51232 (95%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be a lot (approximately 92%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 870M, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 870M		22584 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 20744 (92%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card 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 ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.