GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon R9 380 4G

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R9 380 4G, which comes with a core clock frequency of 970 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1425 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 1792 SPUs, 112 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 R9 380 4G		190 Watts
	Difference: 115 Watts (153%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R9 380 4G should be 112% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 4G		182400 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 96384 (112%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380 4G will be a lot (about 63%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 4G		108640 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 41824 (63%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is the winner, though only just barely. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 380 4G		31040 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2368 (8%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.