GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 5500 XT, which comes with a core clock speed of 1717 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is comprised of 1408 SPUs, 88 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
Radeon RX 5500 XT		130 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (73%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5500 XT should in theory perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 143360 (167%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT should be quite a bit (approximately 126%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		151096 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 84280 (126%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT will be a lot (about 64%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, and will be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		54944 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 21536 (64%)

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 MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 most pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units 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 output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.