GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 480

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 480, which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 700 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 924 MHz on this card. It features 480 SPUs as well as 60 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 480		250 Watts
	Difference: 175 Watts (233%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 480 should theoretically perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 480		177408 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 91392 (106%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be a lot (more or less 59%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 480. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 480		42000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 24816 (59%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 480 is superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, though only just barely. (explain)

GeForce GTX 480		33600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 192 (1%)

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 max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock 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 applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.