GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon R5 M330

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R5 M330, which features GPU core speed of 1030 MHz, and 2048 MB of DDR3 memory set to run at 900 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also is made up of 320 SPUs, 20 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1050 should in theory be a lot better than the Radeon R5 M330 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
Radeon R5 M330		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 100288 (696%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be much (about 163%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R5 M330. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R5 M330		20600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 33560 (163%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is quite a bit (about 426%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R5 M330, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R5 M330		8240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 35088 (426%)

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 data (counted in megabytes 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 its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card 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 applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends 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.