GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon R9 M280X

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 M280X, which has a clock frequency of 900 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1375 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 896 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050, in theory, should be much faster than the Radeon R9 M280X overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M280X		88000 MB/sec
	Difference: 26688 (30%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is a small bit (more or less 7%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R9 M280X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M280X		50400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 3760 (7%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M280X		14400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 28928 (201%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one 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 texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called 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 memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.