GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon R9 M385X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 M385X, which has a clock speed of 1100 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1500 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 896 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 should in theory be a little bit faster than the Radeon R9 M385X overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M385X		96000 MB/sec
	Difference: 18688 (19%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M385X is a small bit (more or less 14%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Radeon R9 M385X		61600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 7440 (14%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be quite a bit (about 146%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 M385X, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M385X		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 25728 (146%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling 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 card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's 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 is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.