GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon RX 7900 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 7900 XT, which features clock speeds of 1500 MHz on the GPU, and 2500 MHz on the 20480 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 5376 SPUs as well as 336 TAUs and 192 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
Radeon RX 7900 XT		300 Watts
	Difference: 225 Watts (300%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 7900 XT is 852% faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XT		819200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 733184 (852%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 7900 XT will be quite a bit (more or less 654%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XT		504000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 437184 (654%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 7900 XT is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XT		288000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 254592 (762%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. 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 output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.