GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 280

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 280, which uses a 65 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 602 MHz. The GDDR3 memory works at a frequency of 1107 MHz on this model. It features 240 SPUs along with 80 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 280		236 Watts
	Difference: 161 Watts (215%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 280 should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 280		141696 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 27008 (24%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is a lot (approximately 29%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 280. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 280		48160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 13760 (29%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is superior to the GeForce GTX 280, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 280		19264 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 22016 (114%)

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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write 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 the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.