GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs Radeon R9 290X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 290X, which features a GPU core clock speed of 800 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1250 MHz through a 512-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2816 SPUs, 176 TAUs, and 64 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

Radeon R9 290X		10609 points
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		7734 points
	Difference: 2875 (37%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 290X		369 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		138 Sol/s
	Difference: 231 (167%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
Radeon R9 290X		300 Watts
	Difference: 225 Watts (300%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon R9 290X should in theory be much superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 290X		320000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 205312 (179%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 290X should be quite a bit (approximately 127%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. (explain)

Radeon R9 290X		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 78880 (127%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 290X will be much (more or less 24%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R9 290X		51200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9920 (24%)

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 information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 can be processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.