GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon VII

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon VII, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1400 MHz. The HBM2 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this particular model. It features 3840 SPUs along with 240 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
Radeon VII		295 Watts
	Difference: 220 Watts (293%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon VII should in theory be much superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

Radeon VII		1048576 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 962560 (1119%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon VII is quite a bit (more or less 403%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon VII		336000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 269184 (403%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon VII is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon VII		89600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 56192 (168%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling 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 could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill 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 maximum fill rate.