GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon R7 M265

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 M265, which has core clock speeds of 725 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 2048 MB of DDR3 RAM. It features 384 SPUs as well as 24 TAUs and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should theoretically perform much faster than the Radeon R7 M265 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M265		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 54016 (169%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be quite a bit (approximately 284%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M265. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M265		17400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 49416 (284%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be quite a bit (about 476%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 M265, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M265		5800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 27608 (476%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount 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 calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.