GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 285 1GB

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 285 1GB, which makes use of a 55 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 648 MHz. The GDDR3 memory works at a speed of 1242 MHz on this model. It features 240 SPUs along with 80 TAUs 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

In theory, the GeForce GTX 285 1GB will be 39% faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be just a bit (approximately 4%) faster with regards to 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 running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is superior to the GeForce GTX 285 1GB, by a large margin. (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 largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.