GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon R7 370 4G

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 370 4G, which comes with a core clock frequency of 975 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1400 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 1024 SPUs, 64 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 R7 370 4G		110 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (47%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R7 370 4G will be 108% faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 93184 (108%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is a little bit (more or less 7%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R7 370 4G. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 4416 (7%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is a bit (approximately 7%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon R7 370 4G, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2208 (7%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.