GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 295

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 295, which features GPU clock speed of 576 MHz, and 896 MB of GDDR3 RAM running at 999 MHz through a 448-bit bus. It also is made up of 240 Stream Processors, 80 Texture Address Units, and 28 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 295		289 Watts
	Difference: 214 Watts (285%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 295 should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		223776 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 137760 (160%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 295 should be much (approximately 38%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		92160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 25344 (38%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is the winner, though not by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 295		32256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1152 (4%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.