GeForce 8800 Ultra vs GeForce GTX 1050 3GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, which comes with a clock speed of 1392 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 96-bit memory bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 768 SPUs, 48 Texture Address Units, and 24 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
GeForce 8800 Ultra		171 Watts
	Difference: 96 Watts (128%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 8800 Ultra should theoretically perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

GeForce 8800 Ultra		103680 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 17664 (21%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be quite a bit (more or less 71%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 8800 Ultra. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 Ultra		39168 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 27648 (71%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is much (more or less 127%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8800 Ultra, and should be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 Ultra		14688 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18720 (127%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number 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 a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.