GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, which makes use of a 16 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1607 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 2000 MHz on this particular model. It features 2432 SPUs as well as 152 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		180 Watts
	Difference: 105 Watts (140%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti should theoretically be much faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 176128 (205%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti should be much (about 266%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		244264 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 177448 (266%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti will be a lot (more or less 208%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		102848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 69440 (208%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.