GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs Radeon R7 250X 2GB

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R7 250X 2GB, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1000 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1125 MHz on this particular model. It features 640 SPUs as well as 40 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
Radeon R7 250X 2GB		95 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (27%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the Radeon R7 250X 2GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
Radeon R7 250X 2GB		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 42688 (59%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti will be a lot (more or less 55%) better at AF than the Radeon R7 250X 2GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 250X 2GB		40000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 21920 (55%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be much (more or less 158%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 250X 2GB, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 250X 2GB		16000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 25280 (158%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, 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 that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.