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GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon R9 M280X

Intro

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB comes with a clock frequency of 1392 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also features a 96-bit bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 768 SPUs, 48 TAUs, and 24 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 M280X, which has core speeds of 900 MHz on the GPU, and 1375 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 896 SPUs as well as 56 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R9 M280X will be 2% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon R9 M280X 88000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 86016 MB/sec
Difference: 1984 (2%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be much (about 33%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R9 M280X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 66816 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M280X 50400 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 16416 (33%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is superior to the Radeon R9 M280X, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 33408 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M280X 14400 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 19008 (132%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Radeon R9 M280X
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year May 2018 Feb 9 2015
Code Name GP107 Saturn XT
Memory 3072 MB 4096 MB
Core Speed 1392 MHz 900 MHz
Memory Speed 7000 MHz 5500 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 75 watts 75 watts
Bandwidth 86016 MB/sec 88000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 66816 Mtexels/sec 50400 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 33408 Mpixels/sec 14400 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 768 896
Texture Mapping Units 48 56
Render Output Units 24 16
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 96-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 14 nm 28 nm
Transistors 3300 million (Unknown) million
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 12.0 DirectX 11.2
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.3

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past 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 memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. 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 is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.

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GeForce GTX 1050 3GB

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Radeon R9 M280X

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