GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon R9 390X 8G

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 390X 8G, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1050 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1500 MHz on this model. It features 2816 SPUs along with 176 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon R9 390X 8G		13555 points
GeForce GTX 1050		6657 points
	Difference: 6898 (104%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
Radeon R9 390X 8G		275 Watts
	Difference: 200 Watts (267%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 390X 8G should theoretically be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 390X 8G		384000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 269312 (235%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 390X 8G will be much (about 241%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Radeon R9 390X 8G		184800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 130640 (241%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 390X 8G should be much (more or less 55%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTX 1050, and also able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon R9 390X 8G		67200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23872 (55%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant 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 max fill rate.