GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 260

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 260, which makes use of a 65 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 576 MHz. The GDDR3 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 999 MHz on this model. It features 192 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 28 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 260		182 Watts
	Difference: 107 Watts (143%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, in theory, should be a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 260 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is quite a bit (about 68%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 260. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260		36864 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 25056 (68%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is superior to the GeForce GTX 260, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260		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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, 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 most pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel 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.