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GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 470

Intro

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB features clock speeds of 1392 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 3072 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 768 SPUs as well as 48 Texture Address Units and 24 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 470, which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 607 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 837 MHz on this particular model. It features 448 SPUs as well as 56 TAUs and 40 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 75 Watts
GeForce GTX 470 215 Watts
Difference: 140 Watts (187%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 470 should theoretically be much better than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 470 133920 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 86016 MB/sec
Difference: 47904 (56%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is a lot (more or less 97%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 470. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 470 33992 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 32824 (97%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 470 24280 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 9128 (38%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 1050 3GB GeForce GTX 470
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year May 2018 March 2010
Code Name GP107 GF100
Memory 3072 MB 1280 MB
Core Speed 1392 MHz 607 MHz
Memory Speed 7000 MHz 3348 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 75 watts 215 watts
Bandwidth 86016 MB/sec 133920 MB/sec
Texel Rate 66816 Mtexels/sec 33992 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 33408 Mpixels/sec 24280 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 768 448
Texture Mapping Units 48 56
Render Output Units 24 40
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 96-bit 320-bit
Fab Process 14 nm 40 nm
Transistors 3300 million 3000 million
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe x16
DirectX Version DirectX 12.0 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 the video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.

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