GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 1630

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 1630, which comes with core clock speeds of 1740 MHz on the GPU, and 1500 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 512 SPUs as well as 32 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 should theoretically be just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1630 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		98304 MB/sec
	Difference: 16384 (17%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 will be just a bit (about 3%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		55680 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 1520 (3%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be a lot (more or less 56%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX 1630, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		27840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15488 (56%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once 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 anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the 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 most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.