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GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 970M

Intro

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

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 970M, which features GPU clock speed of 924 MHz, and 3072 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1000 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1280 SPUs, 80 Texture Address Units, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 970M should theoretically be a bit better than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970M 96000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 86016 MB/sec
Difference: 9984 (12%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 970M is a little bit (about 11%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970M 73920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 66816 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 7104 (11%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 970M is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970M 44352 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 33408 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 10944 (33%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 1050 3GB GeForce GTX 970M
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year May 2018 October 7 2014
Code Name GP107 GM204
Memory 3072 MB 3072 MB
Core Speed 1392 MHz 924 MHz
Memory Speed 7000 MHz 4000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 75 watts 75 watts
Bandwidth 86016 MB/sec 96000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 66816 Mtexels/sec 73920 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 33408 Mpixels/sec 44352 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 768 1280
Texture Mapping Units 48 80
Render Output Units 24 48
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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.

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GeForce GTX 1050 3GB

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