GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 275

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 275, which has GPU core speed of 633 MHz, and 896 MB of GDDR3 RAM set to run at 1134 MHz through a 448-bit bus. It also is made up of 240 Stream Processors, 80 TAUs, 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

The GeForce GTX 275, in theory, should perform just a 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 a bit (approximately 7%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 275. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is much (approximately 144%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 275, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated 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 texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.