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GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 560

Intro

The GeForce GTX 1050 features a GPU core speed of 1354 MHz, and the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM runs at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 640 Stream Processors, 40 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 560, which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 810 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a speed of 1001 MHz on this particular card. It features 336 SPUs along with 56 TAUs and 32 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 560 3030 points
Difference: 3627 (120%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 75 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 150 Watts
Difference: 75 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 560 will be 12% faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 128128 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 114688 MB/sec
Difference: 13440 (12%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is a small bit (approximately 19%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 560. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 45360 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 8800 (19%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be much (approximately 67%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 560, and capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 25920 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 17408 (67%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 1050 GeForce GTX 560
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year October 2016 May 2011
Code Name GP107-300 GF114
Memory 2048 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 1354 MHz 810 MHz
Memory Speed 7000 MHz 4004 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 75 watts 150 watts
Bandwidth 114688 MB/sec 128128 MB/sec
Texel Rate 54160 Mtexels/sec 45360 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 43328 Mpixels/sec 25920 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 640 336
Texture Mapping Units 40 56
Render Output Units 32 32
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 128-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 14 nm 40 nm
Transistors 3300 million 1950 million
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 12.0 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called 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, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.

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