GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon HD 3850 512MB

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon HD 3850 512MB, which makes use of a 55 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 668 MHz. The GDDR3 memory works at a frequency of 828 MHz on this specific model. It features 320(64x5) SPUs as well as 16 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should theoretically perform a lot faster than the Radeon HD 3850 512MB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
Radeon HD 3850 512MB		52992 MB/sec
	Difference: 33024 (62%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be quite a bit (approximately 525%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 3850 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 3850 512MB		10688 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 56128 (525%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be a lot (about 213%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 3850 512MB, and also able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 3850 512MB		10688 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 22720 (213%)

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 max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

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