GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 275

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 275, which comes with GPU core speed of 633 MHz, and 896 MB of GDDR3 memory running at 1134 MHz through a 448-bit bus. It also is made up of 240 SPUs, 80 Texture Address Units, and 28 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 275		219 Watts
	Difference: 144 Watts (192%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 275 should perform a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 275		127008 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 12320 (11%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be just a bit (approximately 7%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 275. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 275		50640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 3520 (7%)

Pixel Rate

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

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 275		17724 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 25604 (144%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, 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 is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core 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 applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.