GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs Radeon RX 6650 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6650 XT, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 2055 MHz. The GDDR6 memory is set to run at a speed of 2190 MHz on this card. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
Radeon RX 6650 XT		176 Watts
	Difference: 101 Watts (135%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 6650 XT should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		287072 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 172384 (150%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6650 XT is a lot (more or less 325%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		263040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 201120 (325%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6650 XT is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		131520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 90240 (219%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs 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 fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.