GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6700 XT, which has a core clock frequency of 2321 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 2000 MHz. It also makes use of a 192-bit bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It features 2560 SPUs, 160 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 6700 XT		230 Watts
	Difference: 155 Watts (207%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 6700 XT should in theory be a lot better than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		393216 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 307200 (357%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT should be quite a bit (approximately 456%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		371360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 304544 (456%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6700 XT is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		148544 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 115136 (345%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher 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 video card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. 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, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.