GeForce 9800 GTX vs GeForce GTX 1050 3GB

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1392 MHz, and 3072 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1750 MHz through a 96-bit bus. It also is comprised of 768 SPUs, 48 Texture Address Units, and 24 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
GeForce 9800 GTX		140 Watts
	Difference: 65 Watts (87%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, in theory, should be much faster than the GeForce 9800 GTX overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
GeForce 9800 GTX		70400 MB/sec
	Difference: 15616 (22%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be quite a bit (more or less 55%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 9800 GTX. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9800 GTX		43200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 23616 (55%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be much (more or less 209%) better at AA than the GeForce 9800 GTX, and capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9800 GTX		10800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 22608 (209%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.