GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon RX 580

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 580, which has core speeds of 1257 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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 580		13630 points
GeForce GTX 1050		6657 points
	Difference: 6973 (105%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
Radeon RX 580		185 Watts
	Difference: 110 Watts (147%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 580 is 129% faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 147456 (129%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 580 will be quite a bit (approximately 234%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		181008 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 126848 (234%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 will be a small bit (more or less 8%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 580, and capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 580		40224 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3104 (8%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video 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 the video card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. 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 also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.