GeForce 8800 Ultra vs GeForce GTX 1050

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1050, which comes with core clock speeds of 1354 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. 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 8800 Ultra		171 Watts
	Difference: 96 Watts (128%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1050 should theoretically be a little bit better than the GeForce 8800 Ultra in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 Ultra		103680 MB/sec
	Difference: 11008 (11%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is quite a bit (approximately 38%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 Ultra. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 Ultra		39168 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14992 (38%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be a lot (about 195%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8800 Ultra, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 Ultra		14688 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 28640 (195%)

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 data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must 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 anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.