GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 295

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 295, which has clock speeds of 576 MHz on the GPU, and 999 MHz on the 896 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 240 SPUs along with 80 TAUs and 28 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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

The GeForce GTX 295 should in theory be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 295 is a lot (approximately 49%) faster with regards to 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 is quite a bit (more or less 28%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 295, and also capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video 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 card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.