GeForce GTS 150 vs GeForce GTX 1050 3GB

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, which uses a 14 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1392 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this model. It features 768 SPUs along with 48 Texture Address Units and 24 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
GeForce GTS 150		141 Watts
	Difference: 66 Watts (88%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should in theory perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTS 150 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
GeForce GTS 150		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 54016 (169%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be much (approximately 41%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTS 150. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTS 150		47360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 19456 (41%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is quite a bit (about 182%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTS 150, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTS 150		11840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 21568 (182%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, the result 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 AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card 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 ROPs by the clock 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 fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.