GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon R9 M270X

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 M270X, which features GPU core speed of 725 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1125 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 640 Stream Processors, 40 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1050 should theoretically be much superior to the Radeon R9 M270X in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M270X		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 42688 (59%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be much (about 87%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R9 M270X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M270X		29000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 25160 (87%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M270X		11600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 31728 (274%)

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 max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If 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 processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at 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. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.