GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs Radeon R5 M255

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R5 M255, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 940 MHz. The DDR3 memory works at a speed of 1000 MHz on this specific model. It features 320 SPUs along with 20 Texture Address Units and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should theoretically be much better than the Radeon R5 M255 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
Radeon R5 M255		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 98688 (617%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be much (about 229%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R5 M255. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R5 M255		18800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 43120 (229%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti will be much (approximately 449%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R5 M255, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R5 M255		7520 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 33760 (449%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant 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 maximum fill rate.