GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 750

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 750, which comes with GPU clock speed of 1020 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1250 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 512 Stream Processors, 32 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 750		55 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (36%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be 8% faster than the GeForce GTX 750 overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 750		80000 MB/sec
	Difference: 6016 (8%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be much (more or less 105%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 750. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 750		32640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 34176 (105%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be quite a bit (approximately 105%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 750, and will be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 750		16320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17088 (105%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better 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 can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video 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 most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.