GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 980

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 980, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1126 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a speed of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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

The GeForce GTX 980, in theory, should perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 will be much (more or less 133%) better at texture filtering 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 a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 980 is a better choice, 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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the 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 chip can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. 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 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 ability to get to the max fill rate.