GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 285 2GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 285 2GB, which uses a 55 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 648 MHz. The GDDR3 RAM is set to run at a speed of 1242 MHz on this specific model. It features 240 SPUs along with 80 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 285 2GB		204 Watts
	Difference: 129 Watts (172%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 285 2GB should theoretically be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 2GB		158976 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 44288 (39%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be a small bit (approximately 19%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 285 2GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 2GB		51840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 10080 (19%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is superior to the GeForce GTX 285 2GB, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 2GB		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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. 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 output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.