GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon R9 270X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 270X, which features clock speeds of 1000 MHz on the GPU, and 1400 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1280 SPUs as well as 80 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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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

GeForce GTX 1050		6657 points
Radeon R9 270X		6590 points
	Difference: 67 (1%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
Radeon R9 270X		180 Watts
	Difference: 105 Watts (140%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 270X should perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 270X		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 64512 (56%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 270X should be a lot (more or less 48%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Radeon R9 270X		80000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 25840 (48%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be a lot (approximately 35%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 270X, and should be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 270X		32000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11328 (35%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, 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 number of texture units by the core clock 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 applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.