GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon RX 470 4GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 470 4GB, which comes with GPU core speed of 926 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1650 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 2048 Stream Processors, 128 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
Radeon RX 470 4GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (60%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 470 4GB should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		211200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 96512 (84%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 4GB should be much (approximately 119%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		118528 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 64368 (119%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be a lot (more or less 46%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 470 4GB, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		29632 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13696 (46%)

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 max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs 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 output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.