GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 980M

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 980M, which has GPU clock speed of 1038 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1000 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1536 Stream Processors, 96 TAUs, 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 Ti		7734 points
	Difference: 1742 (23%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 980M		155 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		138 Sol/s
	Difference: 17 (12%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 980M is 12% faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980M will be quite a bit (more or less 61%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980M		99648 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 37728 (61%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980M will be much (about 61%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980M		66432 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 25152 (61%)

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

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of 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 output 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 reach the maximum fill rate.