GeForce GT 230 vs GeForce GTX 1050 3GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, which makes use of a 14 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1392 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this card. It features 768 SPUs along with 48 TAUs and 24 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 230		65 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (15%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should in theory be much better than the GeForce GT 230 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
GeForce GT 230		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 47616 (124%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be much (about 659%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 230. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 230		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 58016 (659%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 230		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 largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs 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 rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.