GeForce GTS 250 1GB vs GeForce GTX 1050

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1050, which makes use of a 14 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1354 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific card. It features 640 SPUs as well as 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 250 1GB		145 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (93%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1050 should theoretically be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTS 250 1GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTS 250 1GB		70400 MB/sec
	Difference: 44288 (63%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be a bit (about 15%) better at AF than the GeForce GTS 250 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTS 250 1GB		47232 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6928 (15%)

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 GTS 250 1GB		11808 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 31520 (267%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.