GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon RX 5500

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5500, which features a clock speed of 1670 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is comprised of 1408 SPUs, 88 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5500 should in theory perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 will be a lot (approximately 171%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		146960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 92800 (171%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 should be quite a bit (about 23%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 1050, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		53440 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10112 (23%)

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 max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, 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 can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling 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 graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.