GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon RX Vega 56

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX Vega 56, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1156 MHz. The HBM2 memory runs at a frequency of 1600 MHz on this particular model. It features 3584 SPUs as well as 224 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
Radeon RX Vega 56		210 Watts
	Difference: 135 Watts (180%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX Vega 56 is 388% faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		419430 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 333414 (388%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 56 will be much (about 288%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		258944 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 192128 (288%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX Vega 56 is the winner, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		73984 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 40576 (121%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.