GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon HD 7950 3GB

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon HD 7950 3GB, which features GPU clock speed of 800 MHz, and 3072 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1250 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1792 Stream Processors, 112 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
Radeon HD 7950 3GB		200 Watts
	Difference: 125 Watts (167%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon HD 7950 3GB should theoretically be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 7950 3GB		240000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 125312 (109%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 7950 3GB is a lot (approximately 65%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Radeon HD 7950 3GB		89600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 35440 (65%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be much (about 69%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 7950 3GB, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 7950 3GB		25600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17728 (69%)

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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed 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 card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

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