GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 285 1GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 285 1GB, which comes with clock speeds of 648 MHz on the GPU, and 1242 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 240 SPUs along with 80 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		204 Watts
	Difference: 129 Watts (172%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 285 1GB should theoretically be a lot better than the GeForce GTX 1050 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 1GB		158976 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 44288 (39%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is a small bit (approximately 4%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 285 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		51840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 2320 (4%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		20736 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 22592 (109%)

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 information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per 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 graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. 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 fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.