GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon RX 570

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 570, which features GPU clock speed of 1168 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 2048 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
Radeon RX 570		150 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 570 should in theory be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 570		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 143360 (167%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 570 should be much (more or less 124%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 570		149504 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 82688 (124%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 570 is a better choice, but only just. (explain)

Radeon RX 570		37376 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3968 (12%)

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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes 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, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.