GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs Radeon R9 270X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 270X, which features a core clock frequency of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1400 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 1280 SPUs, 80 TAUs, and 32 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

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		7734 points
Radeon R9 270X		6590 points
	Difference: 1144 (17%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 270X		177 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		138 Sol/s
	Difference: 39 (28%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
Radeon R9 270X		180 Watts
	Difference: 105 Watts (140%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon R9 270X should theoretically be a lot superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 270X		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 64512 (56%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 270X is a lot (approximately 29%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. (explain)

Radeon R9 270X		80000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 18080 (29%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be much (more or less 29%) more effective at AA than the Radeon R9 270X, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 270X		32000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9280 (29%)

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 max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, 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 number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.