GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1382 MHz. The HBM2 RAM works at a speed of 1890 MHz on this specific card. It features 4096 SPUs as well as 256 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 Vega Frontier Edition		300 Watts
	Difference: 225 Watts (300%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition should perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general. (explain)

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		495452 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 409436 (476%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is a lot (about 430%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		353792 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 286976 (430%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition should be a lot (about 165%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		88448 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 55040 (165%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster 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 are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the 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 amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel 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.