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GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 870M

Intro

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB features a GPU core clock speed of 1392 MHz, and the 3072 MB of GDDR5 memory runs at 1750 MHz through a 96-bit bus. It also is made up of 768 Stream Processors, 48 Texture Address Units, and 24 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 870M, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 941 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a speed of 1000 MHz on this specific model. It features 1344 SPUs as well as 112 Texture Address Units and 24 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 75 Watts
GeForce GTX 870M 110 Watts
Difference: 35 Watts (47%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 870M should in theory be a little bit superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 870M 96000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 86016 MB/sec
Difference: 9984 (12%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 870M should be quite a bit (more or less 58%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 870M 105392 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 66816 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 38576 (58%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is much (approximately 48%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 870M, and should be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 870M 22584 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 10824 (48%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 1050 3GB GeForce GTX 870M
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year May 2018 March 12 2014
Code Name GP107 GK104
Memory 3072 MB 3072 MB
Core Speed 1392 MHz 941 MHz
Memory Speed 7000 MHz 4000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 75 watts 110 watts
Bandwidth 86016 MB/sec 96000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 66816 Mtexels/sec 105392 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 33408 Mpixels/sec 22584 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 768 1344
Texture Mapping Units 48 112
Render Output Units 24 24
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 96-bit 192-bit
Fab Process 14 nm 28 nm
Transistors 3300 million (Unknown) million
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 12.0 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video 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 most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. 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 reach the maximum fill rate.

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