GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 295

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 295, which makes use of a 55 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 576 MHz. The GDDR3 RAM runs at a speed of 999 MHz on this model. It features 240 SPUs along with 80 Texture Address Units and 28 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 295		289 Watts
	Difference: 214 Watts (285%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 295 should be 95% faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		223776 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 109088 (95%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 295 should be much (about 49%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		92160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 30240 (49%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be quite a bit (approximately 28%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 295, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 295		32256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9024 (28%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.