GeForce 9800 GT 512MB vs GeForce GTX 1050 3GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, which uses a 14 nm design. nVidia has clocked 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 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 GT 512MB		105 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (40%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce 9800 GT 512MB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
GeForce 9800 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 28416 (49%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is quite a bit (approximately 99%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 9800 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9800 GT 512MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 33216 (99%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be a lot (approximately 248%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9800 GT 512MB, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9800 GT 512MB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23808 (248%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once 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 anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video 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 could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.