GeForce GT 315 vs GeForce GTX 1050 3GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, which features GPU clock speed of 1392 MHz, and 3072 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1750 MHz through a 96-bit bus. It also features 768 Stream Processors, 48 TAUs, and 24 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 315		52 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
	Difference: 23 Watts (44%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, in theory, should be a lot faster than the GeForce GT 315 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
GeForce GT 315		25280 MB/sec
	Difference: 60736 (240%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be a lot (more or less 568%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 315. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 315		10000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 56816 (568%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be quite a bit (about 568%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 315, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 315		5000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 28408 (568%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the 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 maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. 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, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.