GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs Radeon RX 5500

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5500, which features a core clock frequency of 1670 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It is made up of 1408 SPUs, 88 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
Radeon RX 5500		150 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 5500 should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 114688 (100%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 will be quite a bit (about 137%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		146960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 85040 (137%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 is a lot (more or less 29%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		53440 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 12160 (29%)

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 max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. 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, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.