GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 980

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 980, which features a core clock frequency of 1126 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 2048 SPUs, 128 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 980		13552 points
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		7734 points
	Difference: 5818 (75%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 980		408 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		138 Sol/s
	Difference: 270 (196%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 980		165 Watts
	Difference: 90 Watts (120%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 980 should be 95% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		224000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 109312 (95%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 should be quite a bit (about 133%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		144128 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 82208 (133%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 980 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		72064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 30784 (75%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number 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 many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.