GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB vs GeForce GTX 1050 3GB

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, which uses a 14 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1392 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a speed of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 768 SPUs as well as 48 Texture Address Units and 24 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		70 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
	Difference: 5 Watts (7%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be 58% quicker than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB overall, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 31616 (58%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is much (approximately 280%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 49216 (280%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is much (about 659%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 29008 (659%)

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 max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock 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 rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.