GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce GTX 1050 3GB

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, which has core speeds of 1392 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 3072 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 768 SPUs as well as 48 TAUs and 24 Rasterization Operator Units.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (150%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should theoretically be much faster than the GeForce GT 1030 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 36864 (75%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be quite a bit (more or less 65%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 26336 (65%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13168 (65%)

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 largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip 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 amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many 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.