GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon RX 6650 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6650 XT, which features a clock speed of 2055 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 2190 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It is comprised of 2048 SPUs, 128 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 6650 XT		176 Watts
	Difference: 101 Watts (135%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 6650 XT should theoretically be much superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		287072 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 201056 (234%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6650 XT should be quite a bit (about 294%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		263040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 196224 (294%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6650 XT is the winner, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		131520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 98112 (294%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.