GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon RX 5700 XT

Intro

Compare all of that 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 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 5700 XT should in theory be a lot better than the GeForce GTX 1050 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 344064 (300%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT is a lot (about 374%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		256800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 202640 (374%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT should be quite a bit (approximately 137%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1050, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		102720 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 59392 (137%)

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 over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics 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 maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to 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 ability to get to the maximum fill rate.