GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 285 1GB

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 285 1GB, which comes with a clock frequency of 648 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 1242 MHz. It also makes use of a 512-bit memory bus, and uses a 55 nm design. It is comprised of 240 SPUs, 80 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		204 Watts
	Difference: 129 Watts (172%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 285 1GB, in theory, should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 1GB		158976 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 44288 (39%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is a little bit (about 19%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 285 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		51840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 10080 (19%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		20736 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 20544 (99%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's 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 card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs 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 also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.