GeForce 930M vs GeForce GTX 1050

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1050, which uses a 14 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1354 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 1750 MHz on this particular model. It features 640 SPUs along with 40 Texture Address Units and 32 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 1050		6657 points
GeForce 930M		1490 points
	Difference: 5167 (347%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1050 should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce 930M overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce 930M		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 100288 (696%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is quite a bit (approximately 143%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 930M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 930M		22272 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 31888 (143%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is superior to the GeForce 930M, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 930M		7424 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 35904 (484%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 can be applied in one second. This figure 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 graphics card will be at 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 could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.