GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs Radeon RX 470

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 470, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 926 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1650 MHz on this particular card. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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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 RX 470		11756 points
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		7734 points
	Difference: 4022 (52%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470		289 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		138 Sol/s
	Difference: 151 (109%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
Radeon RX 470		120 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (60%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 470 should theoretically be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 470		211200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 96512 (84%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 should be a lot (more or less 91%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. (explain)

Radeon RX 470		118528 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 56608 (91%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is a lot (about 39%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 470, and will be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470		29632 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11648 (39%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, 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 maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.