GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon HD 4350

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 4350, which has GPU clock speed of 575 MHz, and 512 MB of DDR2 RAM set to run at 500 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also is comprised of 80(16x5) Stream Processors, 8 TAUs, and 4 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 4350		22 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
	Difference: 53 Watts (241%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, in theory, should be much faster than the Radeon HD 4350 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4350		8000 MB/sec
	Difference: 78016 (975%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is much (about 1353%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon HD 4350. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 4350		4600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 62216 (1353%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be much (approximately 1353%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 4350, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 4350		2300 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 31108 (1353%)

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 information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must 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, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is worked out 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 video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.