GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 860M

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 860M, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 797 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a speed of 1000 MHz on this specific model. It features 1152 SPUs as well as 96 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		7734 points
GeForce GTX 860M		4340 points
	Difference: 3394 (78%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 860M		45 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, in theory, should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 860M overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 860M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 50688 (79%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 860M should be a lot (more or less 24%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 860M		76512 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14592 (24%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is superior to the GeForce GTX 860M, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 860M		12752 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 28528 (224%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, 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, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few 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.