GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 980M

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 980M, which features a core clock frequency of 1038 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 1536 SPUs, 96 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.

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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 980M		9476 points
GeForce GTX 1050		6657 points
	Difference: 2819 (42%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 980M		100 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 980M should be a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980M		128000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 13312 (12%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980M should be quite a bit (about 84%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980M		99648 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 45488 (84%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980M is a lot (about 53%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1050, and capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980M		66432 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23104 (53%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better 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 can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.