GeForce GTS 250 1GB vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, which has a core clock frequency of 1290 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It is made up of 768 SPUs, 48 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTS 250 1GB		145 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (93%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTS 250 1GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTS 250 1GB		70400 MB/sec
	Difference: 44288 (63%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is much (approximately 31%) better at AF than the GeForce GTS 250 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTS 250 1GB		47232 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14688 (31%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is superior to the GeForce GTS 250 1GB, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTS 250 1GB		11808 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 29472 (250%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better 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 applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the 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 maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of 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 lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.