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GeForce 9800 GTX vs GeForce GTX 1050 3GB

Intro

The GeForce 9800 GTX features a GPU core speed of 675 MHz, and the 512 MB of GDDR3 RAM runs at 1100 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 128 Stream Processors, 64 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, which has core speeds of 1392 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 3072 MB of GDDR5 RAM. 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 9800 GTX 140 Watts
Difference: 65 Watts (87%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should theoretically perform a lot faster than the GeForce 9800 GTX overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 86016 MB/sec
GeForce 9800 GTX 70400 MB/sec
Difference: 15616 (22%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be much (approximately 55%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 9800 GTX. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9800 GTX 43200 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 23616 (55%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be quite a bit (about 209%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9800 GTX, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9800 GTX 10800 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 22608 (209%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 9800 GTX GeForce GTX 1050 3GB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year April 2008 May 2018
Code Name G92 GP107
Memory 512 MB 3072 MB
Core Speed 675 MHz 1392 MHz
Memory Speed 2200 MHz 7000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 140 watts 75 watts
Bandwidth 70400 MB/sec 86016 MB/sec
Texel Rate 43200 Mtexels/sec 66816 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 10800 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 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 3.0 OpenGL 4.6

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. 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 fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce 9800 GTX

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