GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon HD 6870

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon HD 6870, which comes with core speeds of 900 MHz on the GPU, and 1050 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1120 SPUs as well as 56 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 6870		2870 points
	Difference: 3787 (132%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
Radeon HD 6870		151 Watts
	Difference: 76 Watts (101%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon HD 6870 should theoretically be just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 6870		134400 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 19712 (17%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be a small bit (approximately 7%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 6870. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6870		50400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 3760 (7%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be much (more or less 50%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon HD 6870, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6870		28800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14528 (50%)

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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). 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 get to the max fill rate.