GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon RX Vega 64

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX Vega 64, which comes with a core clock frequency of 1247 MHz and a HBM2 memory frequency of 1890 MHz. It also uses a 2048-bit memory bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It is made up of 4096 SPUs, 256 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
Radeon RX Vega 64		295 Watts
	Difference: 220 Watts (293%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX Vega 64 should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 64		495411 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 409395 (476%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 64 will be much (about 378%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 64		319232 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 252416 (378%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 64 will be a lot (about 139%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, and also capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 64		79808 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 46400 (139%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it must 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, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.