GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon RX Vega 56

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX Vega 56, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1156 MHz. The HBM2 memory works at a frequency of 1600 MHz on this card. It features 3584 SPUs as well as 224 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
Radeon RX Vega 56		210 Watts
	Difference: 135 Watts (180%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX Vega 56 should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		419430 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 333414 (388%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 56 will be quite a bit (approximately 288%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		258944 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 192128 (288%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 56 is a lot (approximately 121%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		73984 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 40576 (121%)

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 information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.