GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 975 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1400 MHz on this specific card. It features 1024 SPUs along with 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 2G		110 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (47%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R7 370 2G should in theory be much faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 93184 (108%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is just a bit (approximately 7%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R7 370 2G. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 4416 (7%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be just a bit (approximately 7%) better at FSAA than the Radeon R7 370 2G, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		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 maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's 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 are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, 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 graphics card can possibly record to its 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 the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.