GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 590

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 590, which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 607 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 855 MHz on this particular card. It features 512 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 48 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 1050 Ti		7734 points
GeForce GTX 590		6680 points
	Difference: 1054 (16%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 590		365 Watts
	Difference: 290 Watts (387%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 590 should be 186% faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		328320 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 213632 (186%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 590 will be a lot (more or less 25%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		77696 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 15776 (25%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 590 is a lot (more or less 41%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, and also able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		58272 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 16992 (41%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number 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 graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.