GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon HD 6970

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 6970, which features a GPU core clock speed of 880 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1375 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1536 SPUs, 96 TAUs, and 32 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 HD 6970		3470 points
	Difference: 3187 (92%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
Radeon HD 6970		250 Watts
	Difference: 175 Watts (233%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon HD 6970 is 53% faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon HD 6970		176000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 61312 (53%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 6970 is a lot (about 56%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Radeon HD 6970		84480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 30320 (56%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be quite a bit (approximately 54%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 6970, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6970		28160 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15168 (54%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. 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 also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.