GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 465

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 465, which comes with clock speeds of 607 MHz on the GPU, and 802 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 352 SPUs as well as 44 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 465		200 Watts
	Difference: 125 Watts (167%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1050 should in theory be a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 465 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 465		102592 MB/sec
	Difference: 12096 (12%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be a lot (approximately 103%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 465. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 465		26708 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 27452 (103%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is superior to the GeForce GTX 465, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 465		19424 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23904 (123%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount 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 rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.