GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon R9 M295X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 M295X, which features a clock speed of 750 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1375 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 2048 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
Radeon R9 M295X		125 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 M295X should theoretically be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 M295X		176000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 61312 (53%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M295X should be a lot (about 77%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Radeon R9 M295X		96000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 41840 (77%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be much (more or less 81%) better at FSAA than the Radeon R9 M295X, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M295X		24000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19328 (81%)

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 information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number 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 rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.