GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 260

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 260, which has core clock speeds of 576 MHz on the GPU, and 999 MHz on the 896 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 192 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 28 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 260		182 Watts
	Difference: 107 Watts (143%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1050 should be a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 260 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 260		111888 MB/sec
	Difference: 2800 (3%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be much (more or less 47%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 260. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260		36864 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 17296 (47%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be a lot (approximately 169%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 260, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 27200 (169%)

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 data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must 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 anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number 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, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.