GeForce GT 220 GDDR3 vs GeForce GTX 1050

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 1050, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 1354 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 640 Stream Processors, 40 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 220 GDDR3		58 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
	Difference: 17 Watts (29%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1050 should theoretically be much superior to the GeForce GT 220 GDDR3 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GT 220 GDDR3		32384 MB/sec
	Difference: 82304 (254%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be quite a bit (approximately 442%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 220 GDDR3. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 220 GDDR3		10000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 44160 (442%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 220 GDDR3		5000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 38328 (767%)

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 information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.