GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon RX 6800

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6800, which has a clock speed of 1700 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 2000 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It is made up of 3840 SPUs, 240 Texture Address Units, and 96 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
Radeon RX 6800		250 Watts
	Difference: 175 Watts (233%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 6800 should theoretically be much better than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800		524288 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 438272 (510%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 should be quite a bit (approximately 511%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800		408000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 341184 (511%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6800 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800		163200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 129792 (389%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better 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 could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.