GeForce 9800 GTX+ vs GeForce GTX 1050 3GB

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, which makes use of a 14 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1392 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this card. It features 768 SPUs as well as 48 TAUs 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+		145 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (93%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should in theory be much better than the GeForce 9800 GTX+ in general. (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 (about 41%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9800 GTX+. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9800 GTX+		47232 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 19584 (41%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be much (about 183%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9800 GTX+, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9800 GTX+		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

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If 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 higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This 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 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 video card could possibly record to the local memory per 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 - also sometimes 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 - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.