GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 280

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 280, which comes with a clock speed of 602 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 1107 MHz. It also uses a 512-bit memory bus, and uses a 65 nm design. It is made up of 240 SPUs, 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 280		236 Watts
	Difference: 161 Watts (215%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 280 should in theory be much better than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 280		141696 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 27008 (24%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti will be quite a bit (about 29%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 280. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 280		48160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 13760 (29%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti will be a lot (about 114%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 280, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 280		19264 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 22016 (114%)

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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If 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 high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units 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 one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can 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 Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.