GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon R7 250

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 250, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 1000 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1150 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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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 250		1836 points
	Difference: 4821 (263%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 250		65 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (15%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 should in theory be much faster than the Radeon R7 250 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
Radeon R7 250		73600 MB/sec
	Difference: 41088 (56%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be quite a bit (more or less 126%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 250. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 250		24000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 30160 (126%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be quite a bit (more or less 442%) better at FSAA than the Radeon R7 250, and capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 250		8000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 35328 (442%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. 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 also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.