GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 295

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 295, which has GPU clock speed of 576 MHz, and 896 MB of GDDR3 memory set to run at 999 MHz through a 448-bit bus. It also is made up of 240 Stream Processors, 80 Texture Address Units, and 28 Raster Operation Units.

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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

The GeForce GTX 295 should theoretically be much faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 295 will be a lot (more or less 38%) faster with regards to texture filtering 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

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be just a bit (about 4%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 295, and will be able to handle higher resolutions better. (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 information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

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