GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon R7 240

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R7 240, which comes with a core clock speed of 730 MHz and a DDR3 memory frequency of 900 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 320 SPUs, 20 Texture Address Units, and 8 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 R7 240		1218 points
	Difference: 5439 (447%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 240		30 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (150%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the Radeon R7 240 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
Radeon R7 240		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 85888 (298%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is a lot (about 271%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 240. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 240		14600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 39560 (271%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be much (about 642%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 240, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 240		5840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 37488 (642%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, 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 processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units 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 applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs 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 quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.