GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon R7 370 4G

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 370 4G, which features core speeds of 975 MHz on the GPU, and 1400 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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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 is 108% faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (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 should be a small bit (approximately 7%) better at texture filtering 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 should be just a bit (approximately 7%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 370 4G, and able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher 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 can be processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.