GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon RX 480 4GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 480 4GB, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1120 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific card. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
Radeon RX 480 4GB		150 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 480 4GB should theoretically perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 114688 (100%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 4GB is much (about 198%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		161280 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 107120 (198%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 480 4GB		35840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 7488 (21%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once 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 high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.