GeForce GTS 150 vs GeForce GTX 1050

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 1050, which makes use of a 14 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1354 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 640 SPUs along with 40 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 GTS 150		141 Watts
	Difference: 66 Watts (88%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1050 will be 258% quicker than the GeForce GTS 150 in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTS 150		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 82688 (258%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is a bit (approximately 14%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTS 150. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTS 150		47360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6800 (14%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be much (approximately 266%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTS 150, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTS 150		11840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 31488 (266%)

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 (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 card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 are applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.