GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 7900 XTX, which has a core clock speed of 1855 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 2500 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit memory bus, and uses a 5 nm design. It is comprised of 6144 SPUs, 384 TAUs, and 192 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
Radeon RX 7900 XTX		355 Watts
	Difference: 280 Watts (373%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 7900 XTX should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XTX		983040 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 897024 (1043%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX should be quite a bit (about 966%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XTX		712320 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 645504 (966%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX will be much (approximately 966%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XTX		356160 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 322752 (966%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.