GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon RX 590

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 590, which features a clock frequency of 1469 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 2000 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and uses a 12 nm design. It is made up of 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
Radeon RX 590		175 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (133%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 590 should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 176128 (205%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 590 should be much (approximately 217%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		211536 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 144720 (217%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 590 is superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		47008 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13600 (41%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher 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 can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units 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 fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.