GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 6950 XT, which has core speeds of 1925 MHz on the GPU, and 2250 MHz on the 16384 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 5120 SPUs as well as 320 TAUs and 128 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		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 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		589824 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 475136 (414%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT will be a lot (about 1037%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		616000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 561840 (1037%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT will be a lot (about 469%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX 1050, 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		43328 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 203072 (469%)

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 largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video 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 number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.