GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 980M

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 980M, which has a clock speed of 1038 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 1536 SPUs, 96 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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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 980M		9476 points
GeForce GTX 1050		6657 points
	Difference: 2819 (42%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 980M		100 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 980M should theoretically be a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980M		128000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 13312 (12%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980M should be quite a bit (approximately 84%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980M		99648 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 45488 (84%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980M should be much (approximately 53%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1050, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980M		66432 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23104 (53%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the 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 most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill 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.