GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 980 Ti, which features a clock speed of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 2816 SPUs, 176 Texture Address Units, and 96 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 175 Watts (233%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 980 Ti will be 291% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		336000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 249984 (291%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti is quite a bit (more or less 163%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		176000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 109184 (163%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 980 Ti is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		96000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 62592 (187%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster 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 applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at 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 that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.