GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon R9 380X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 380X, which has clock speeds of 970 MHz on the GPU, and 1425 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon R9 380X		9519 points
GeForce GTX 1050		6657 points
	Difference: 2862 (43%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
Radeon R9 380X		190 Watts
	Difference: 115 Watts (153%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 380X, in theory, should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		182400 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 67712 (59%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380X should be a lot (more or less 129%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 70000 (129%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 380X		31040 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 12288 (40%)

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

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