GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon R9 M295X

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 M295X, which comes with a clock frequency of 750 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1375 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 2048 SPUs, 128 Texture Address Units, 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 R9 M295X		125 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon R9 M295X should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 M295X		176000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 89984 (105%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M295X is a lot (approximately 44%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon R9 M295X		96000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 29184 (44%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be much (about 39%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 M295X, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M295X		24000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9408 (39%)

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 data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses 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 high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out 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 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 most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called 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 of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.