GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 275

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 275, which has a clock speed of 633 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 1134 MHz. It also features a 448-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 55 nm design. It is comprised of 240 SPUs, 80 Texture Address Units, and 28 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 275		219 Watts
	Difference: 144 Watts (192%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 275 should in theory be a little bit better than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 275		127008 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 12320 (11%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is a lot (more or less 22%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 275. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 275		50640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 11280 (22%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 275		17724 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23556 (133%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock 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 processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out 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 drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.