GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon R7 M260X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 M260X, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 825 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 384 Stream Processors, 24 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1050 is 79% faster than the Radeon R7 M260X overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 50688 (79%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be much (approximately 174%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R7 M260X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		19800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 34360 (174%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is superior to the Radeon R7 M260X, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 36728 (556%)

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 max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card 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 one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core 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 rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.