GeForce 9800 GX2 vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, which has GPU core speed of 1290 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 768 SPUs, 48 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce 9800 GX2		197 Watts
	Difference: 122 Watts (163%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce 9800 GX2 is 12% faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GX2		128000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 13312 (12%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9800 GX2 will be a lot (more or less 24%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GX2		76800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14880 (24%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9800 GX2		19200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 22080 (115%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka 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 - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.