GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 1630

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1630, which makes use of a 12 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1740 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a speed of 1500 MHz on this model. It features 512 SPUs along with 32 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1630 will be 14% faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		98304 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 12288 (14%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is a little bit (more or less 20%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1630. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		55680 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 11136 (20%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is the winner, but only just. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		27840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5568 (20%)

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 max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core 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 rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.