GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1375 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM is set to run at a speed of 1500 MHz on this particular card. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 85 Watts (113%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 5600 XT should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 258048 (300%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT should be much (more or less 196%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 131184 (196%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT will be quite a bit (about 163%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 54592 (163%)

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 data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video 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 can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.