GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs Radeon HD 5550

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 5550, which has a clock speed of 550 MHz and a DDR2 memory frequency of 400 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 320(64x5) SPUs, 16 Texture Address Units, and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should in theory be quite a bit faster than the Radeon HD 5550 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
Radeon HD 5550		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 101888 (796%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is a lot (about 604%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 5550. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 5550		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 53120 (604%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be much (approximately 838%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 5550, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 5550		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 36880 (838%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it must 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 AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.