GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 950

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 950, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1024 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a speed of 1652 MHz on this model. It features 768 SPUs as well as 48 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1050		6657 points
GeForce GTX 950		6536 points
	Difference: 121 (2%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 950		90 Watts
	Difference: 15 Watts (20%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1050 should theoretically be just a bit better than the GeForce GTX 950 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950		105728 MB/sec
	Difference: 8960 (8%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be a bit (more or less 10%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 950. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950		49152 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 5008 (10%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 950		32768 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10560 (32%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, 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 most pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.