GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon R9 M265X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 M265X, which comes with GPU clock speed of 575 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1125 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050, in theory, should perform a lot faster than the Radeon R9 M265X in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M265X		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 42688 (59%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is quite a bit (approximately 135%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R9 M265X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M265X		23000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 31160 (135%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be a lot (approximately 371%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon R9 M265X, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M265X		9200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 34128 (371%)

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 transported across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster 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 in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.