GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon HD 7850

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 7850, which comes with GPU clock speed of 860 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1200 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1024 SPUs, 64 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 HD 7850		5200 points
	Difference: 1457 (28%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
Radeon HD 7850		130 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (73%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon HD 7850 will be 34% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon HD 7850		153600 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 38912 (34%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 7850 will be a bit (more or less 2%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Radeon HD 7850		55040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 880 (2%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be a lot (more or less 57%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 7850, and also able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 7850		27520 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15808 (57%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called 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 - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.