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GeForce GTS 250 512MB vs GeForce GTX 1050 3GB

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The GeForce GTS 250 512MB features clock speeds of 738 MHz on the GPU, and 1100 MHz on the 512 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 128 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, which comes with a core clock speed of 1392 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 96-bit bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It features 768 SPUs, 48 Texture Address Units, and 24 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 75 Watts
GeForce GTS 250 512MB 145 Watts
Difference: 70 Watts (93%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is 22% quicker than the GeForce GTS 250 512MB overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 86016 MB/sec
GeForce GTS 250 512MB 70400 MB/sec
Difference: 15616 (22%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be quite a bit (approximately 41%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTS 250 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTS 250 512MB 47232 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 19584 (41%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is superior to the GeForce GTS 250 512MB, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTS 250 512MB 11808 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 21600 (183%)

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 GTS 250 512MB GeForce GTX 1050 3GB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year March 3, 2009 May 2018
Code Name G92a/b GP107
Memory 512 MB 3072 MB
Core Speed 738 MHz 1392 MHz
Memory Speed 2200 MHz 7000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 145 watts 75 watts
Bandwidth 70400 MB/sec 86016 MB/sec
Texel Rate 47232 Mtexels/sec 66816 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 11808 Mpixels/sec 33408 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 128 768
Texture Mapping Units 64 48
Render Output Units 16 24
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 96-bit
Fab Process 65/55 nm 14 nm
Transistors 754 million 3300 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 12.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.1 OpenGL 4.6

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better 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 processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card 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 colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce GTS 250 512MB

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GeForce GTX 1050 3GB

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