GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon RX 5700 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 5700 XT, which features GPU core speed of 1605 MHz, and 8096 MB of GDDR6 memory set to run at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2560 SPUs, 160 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.

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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

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 5700 XT should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT should be much (about 374%) better 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 will be a lot (more or less 137%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 1050, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock 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 fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.