GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon HD 3470 512MB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 3470 512MB, which uses a 55 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 800 MHz. The GDDR3 RAM works at a frequency of 950 MHz on this particular card. It features 40(8x5) SPUs as well as 4 TAUs and 4 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be much faster than the Radeon HD 3470 512MB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
Radeon HD 3470 512MB		30400 MB/sec
	Difference: 55616 (183%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be quite a bit (approximately 1988%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 3470 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 3470 512MB		3200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 63616 (1988%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be a lot (more or less 944%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 3470 512MB, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 3470 512MB		3200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 30208 (944%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output 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.