GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon HD 5850

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon HD 5850, which uses a 40 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 725 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this particular model. It features 1440(288x5) SPUs as well as 72 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
Radeon HD 5850		151 Watts
	Difference: 121 Watts (403%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon HD 5850 should theoretically be quite a bit better than the GeForce GT 1030 overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 5850		128000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 78848 (160%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 5850 will be quite a bit (approximately 29%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

Radeon HD 5850		52200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 11720 (29%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 5850 will be a small bit (more or less 15%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 1030, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon HD 5850		23200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2960 (15%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should 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, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure 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 applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.