GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 285 1GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 285 1GB, which has core speeds of 648 MHz on the GPU, and 1242 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 240 SPUs along with 80 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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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

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 285 1GB should in theory be much better than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti overall. (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 (approximately 19%) more effective at texture 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 a high screen resolution 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 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 information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.