GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon RX 6600 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 6600 XT, which features a core clock frequency of 1968 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 2000 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It features 2048 SPUs, 128 Texture Address Units, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
Radeon RX 6600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 85 Watts (113%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 6600 XT should theoretically be much better than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 XT		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 176128 (205%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6600 XT should be a lot (more or less 277%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 XT		251904 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 185088 (277%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6600 XT is superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 XT		125952 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 92544 (277%)

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 information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per 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 worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.