GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon HD 6870

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 6870, which features a clock speed of 900 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1050 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It features 1120 SPUs, 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

In theory, the Radeon HD 6870 should be a small 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 should be a small bit (approximately 7%) more effective at 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 should be a lot (approximately 50%) more effective at AA than the Radeon HD 6870, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. 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.