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GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

Intro

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti uses a 14 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1290 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a speed of 1750 MHz on this specific card. It features 768 SPUs as well as 48 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, which features a core clock speed of 576 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 999 MHz. It also uses a 448-bit bus, and uses a 65 nm design. It is made up of 216 SPUs, 72 Texture Address Units, and 28 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 75 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 202 Watts
Difference: 127 Watts (169%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should in theory be just a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 111888 MB/sec
Difference: 2800 (3%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is a lot (more or less 49%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 41472 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 20448 (49%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be quite a bit (more or less 156%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, and capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 16128 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 25152 (156%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 1050 Ti GeForce GTX 260 Core 216
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year October 2016 September 16, 2008
Code Name GP107-400 G200
Memory 4096 MB 896 MB
Core Speed 1290 MHz 576 MHz
Memory Speed 7000 MHz 1998 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 75 watts 202 watts
Bandwidth 114688 MB/sec 111888 MB/sec
Texel Rate 61920 Mtexels/sec 41472 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 41280 Mpixels/sec 16128 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 768 216
Texture Mapping Units 48 72
Render Output Units 32 28
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR3
Bus Width 128-bit 448-bit
Fab Process 14 nm 65 nm
Transistors 3300 million 1400 million
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe x16 2.0
DirectX Version DirectX 12.0 DirectX 10
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 3.1

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.

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