GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 295

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 295, which makes use of a 55 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 576 MHz. The GDDR3 memory runs at a speed of 999 MHz on this particular model. It features 240 SPUs along with 80 Texture Address Units and 28 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 295		289 Watts
	Difference: 214 Watts (285%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 295 should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		223776 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 109088 (95%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 295 should be quite a bit (about 49%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		92160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 30240 (49%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is superior to the GeForce GTX 295, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 295		32256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9024 (28%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's 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 are applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill 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.