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GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon RX 5700 XT

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The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB makes use of a 14 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1392 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this model. It features 768 SPUs along with 48 Texture Address Units and 24 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5700 XT, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1605 MHz. The GDDR6 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this particular card. It features 2560 SPUs as well as 160 Texture Address Units and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 75 Watts
Radeon RX 5700 XT 225 Watts
Difference: 150 Watts (200%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5700 XT, in theory, should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 86016 MB/sec
Difference: 372736 (433%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT is quite a bit (about 284%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 256800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 66816 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 189984 (284%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5700 XT is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 102720 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 33408 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 69312 (207%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Radeon RX 5700 XT
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year May 2018 July 2019
Code Name GP107 Navi 10
Memory 3072 MB 8096 MB
Core Speed 1392 MHz 1605 MHz
Memory Speed 7000 MHz 3500 GB/s
Power (Max TDP) 75 watts 225 watts
Bandwidth 86016 MB/sec 458752 MB/sec
Texel Rate 66816 Mtexels/sec 256800 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 33408 Mpixels/sec 102720 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 768 2560
Texture Mapping Units 48 160
Render Output Units 24 64
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR6
Bus Width 96-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 14 nm 7 nm
Transistors 3300 million 10300 million
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 ×16
DirectX Version DirectX 12.0 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.6

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should 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, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

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

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GeForce GTX 1050 3GB

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Radeon RX 5700 XT

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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.

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