GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon R7 260X

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R7 260X, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1100 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1625 MHz on this particular card. It features 896 SPUs along with 56 Texture Address Units and 16 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

GeForce GTX 1050		6657 points
Radeon R7 260X		4381 points
	Difference: 2276 (52%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (53%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1050 should in theory be a small bit superior to the Radeon R7 260X in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 10688 (10%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 260X will be just a bit (about 14%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 7440 (14%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be a lot (approximately 146%) more effective at AA than the Radeon R7 260X, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 25728 (146%)

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 max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.