GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon RX 590

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 590, which has a clock frequency of 1469 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 2000 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and uses a 12 nm design. It is made up of 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 590 should theoretically be much superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 147456 (129%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 590 should be much (about 291%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		211536 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 157376 (291%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 590 is a small bit (more or less 8%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1050, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		47008 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3680 (8%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved 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 the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed 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 higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.