GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 850M

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 850M, which features GPU core speed of 876 MHz, and 2048 MB of DDR3 RAM set to run at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 640 SPUs, 40 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 850M		3340 points
	Difference: 4394 (132%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		138 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 850M		49 Sol/s
	Difference: 89 (182%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 850M		40 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (88%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 850M overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 850M		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 82688 (258%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is a lot (approximately 77%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 850M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 850M		35040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 26880 (77%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 850M		14016 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 27264 (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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 can be applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.