GeForce 920M vs GeForce GTX 1050 3GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, which features a core clock frequency of 1392 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 96-bit bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It features 768 SPUs, 48 TAUs, and 24 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should in theory perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce 920M in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
GeForce 920M		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 71616 (497%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be a lot (about 119%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 920M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 920M		30528 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 36288 (119%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is quite a bit (about 338%) more effective at AA than the GeForce 920M, and able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 920M		7632 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 25776 (338%)

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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.