GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 822 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a speed of 1002 MHz on this particular model. It features 384 SPUs along with 64 Texture Address Units 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 560 Ti		3466 points
	Difference: 3191 (92%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (127%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti should perform a small bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 13568 (12%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be a small bit (more or less 3%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 1552 (3%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be quite a bit (more or less 65%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17024 (65%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.