GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 780 Ti

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 780 Ti, which comes with a core clock frequency of 875 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 384-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 2880 SPUs, 240 Texture Address Units, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 780 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 175 Watts (233%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 780 Ti, in theory, should perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 780 Ti		336000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 249984 (291%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 780 Ti will be a lot (about 214%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 780 Ti		210000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 143184 (214%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 780 Ti is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 780 Ti		42000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8592 (26%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per 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 - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant 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.