GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 580 3GB

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 580 3GB, which has a GPU core clock speed of 772 MHz, and 3072 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1002 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is made up of 512 Stream Processors, 64 Texture Address Units, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 580 3GB		244 Watts
	Difference: 169 Watts (225%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 580 3GB should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 580 3GB		192384 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 77696 (68%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be a lot (approximately 25%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB		49408 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 12512 (25%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti will be just a bit (approximately 11%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB, and also capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB		37056 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4224 (11%)

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 max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If 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 high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.