GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 980M

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 980M, which features GPU clock speed of 1038 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1000 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1536 SPUs, 96 TAUs, and 64 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 980M		9476 points
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		7734 points
	Difference: 1742 (23%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 980M		155 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		138 Sol/s
	Difference: 17 (12%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 980M		100 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 980M should in theory be a little bit superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980M		128000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 13312 (12%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980M will be a lot (approximately 61%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980M		99648 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 37728 (61%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 980M is superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980M		66432 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 25152 (61%)

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 max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of 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 AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at 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 chip can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.