GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, which has core speeds of 2310 MHz on the GPU, and 1313 MHz on the 12288 MB of GDDR6X RAM. It features 7680 SPUs as well as 240 Texture Address Units and 80 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti		285 Watts
	Difference: 210 Watts (280%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti will be 500% faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti		516096 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 430080 (500%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti will be a lot (about 730%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti		554400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 487584 (730%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti		184800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 151392 (453%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure 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 graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.