GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6950 XT, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1925 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a speed of 2250 MHz on this specific model. It features 5120 SPUs along with 320 TAUs and 128 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
Radeon RX 6950 XT		335 Watts
	Difference: 260 Watts (347%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 6950 XT should in theory be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		589824 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 503808 (586%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT should be quite a bit (about 822%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		616000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 549184 (822%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT will be much (about 638%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		246400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 212992 (638%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better 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 processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.